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| 2198115719 | anecdote | a brief recounting of a relevant episode to develop a point or inject humor | 0 | |
| 2198116874 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 1 | |
| 2198121295 | diction | word choice, particularly as an element of style | 2 | |
| 2198124046 | connotation | the associations suggested by a word; implied meaning rather than literal meaning | 3 | |
| 2198126170 | denotation | the literal, explicit meaning of a word | 4 | |
| 2198127072 | adage | a folk saying with a lesson | 5 | |
| 2198128556 | aphorism | a terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle | 6 | |
| 2198130740 | figurative language | writing that is not meant to be taken literally | 7 | |
| 2198132059 | analogy | a comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables for the purpose of teaching | 8 | |
| 2198135112 | juxtaposition | placing things side by side for the purpose of comparison in order to make a point | 9 | |
| 2198157732 | paradox | a seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true | 10 | |
| 2198159679 | parallelism | sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other or repeats identical grammatical patterns | 11 | |
| 2198171325 | parody | an exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes (similar to allusion and satire) | 12 | |
| 2198180127 | persona | the fictional mask or narrator that tells a story | 13 | |
| 2198183636 | rhetoric | the art of effective communication | 14 | |
| 2198188791 | Aristotle's rhetorical triangle | the relationships, in any piece of writing, between the writer, the audience, and the subject; all analysis of writing is essentially an analysis of the relationships between the points on the triangle | 15 | |
| 2198208009 | rhetorical question | question not asked for information but for effect | 16 | |
| 2198209704 | satire | a work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect; targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions; has three layers: serious, humorous, serious | 17 | |
| 2198219907 | syntax/sentence variety | grammatical arrangement of words (syntax=grouping of words; diction=selection of individual words) | 18 | |
| 2198223148 | thesis | the sentence or groups of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition | 19 | |
| 2198234344 | tone | a writer's attitude toward his subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization | 20 | |
| 2198237363 | understatement | the ironic minimizing of fact; presents something as less significant than it is | 21 | |
| 2198244363 | argument | a piece of reasoning with one or more premises and a conclusion | 22 | |
| 2198245681 | premise | statements offered as reasons to support a conclusion | 23 | |
| 2198246547 | conclusion | the end result of the argument | 24 | |
| 2198248751 | Aristotle's appeals | all means of persuasion (appeals): ethos, pathos, and logos | 25 | |
| 2198256048 | ethos (credibility) | being convinced by the credibility of the author | 26 | |
| 2198257313 | pathos (emotional) | persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions | 27 | |
| 2198257991 | logos (logical) | persuading by the use of reasoning | 28 | |
| 2198258694 | concession | accepting at least part or all of an opposing viewpoint; used to make one's own argument stronger by demonstrating that one is willing to accept what is obviously true and reasonable, even if it is presented by the opposition | 29 | |
| 2198276536 | fallacy | an attractive but unreliable piece of reasoning | 30 | |
| 2198277665 | ad hominem | personally attacking your opponents instead of their arguments | 31 | |
| 2198279553 | appeal to authority | the claim that because somebody famous supports an idea, the idea must be right | 32 | |
| 2198283024 | appeal to the bandwagon | the claim, as evidence for an idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it | 33 | |
| 2198285191 | appeal to emotion | an attempt to REPLACE a logical argument with an appeal to the audience's emotions | 34 | |
| 2198289099 | bad analogy | claiming that two situations are highly similar, when they aren't | 35 | |
| 2198292260 | cliché thinking | using as evidence a well-known saying as if it is proven or as if it has no exceptions | 36 | |
| 2198294423 | false cause | assuming that because two things happened, the first one caused the second one | 37 | |
| 2198297963 | hasty generalization | a generalization based on too little or unrepresentative data | 38 | |
| 2198300047 | non sequitur | a conclusion that does not follow from its premises; an invalid argument | 39 | |
| 2198300942 | slippery slope | the assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme possible outcome | 40 | |
| 2198306316 | apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern | 41 | |
| 2198306954 | cynical | questioning the basic sincerity and goodness op people | 42 | |
| 2198393588 | condescending | a feeling of superiority | 43 | |
| 2198393589 | callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others | 44 | |
| 2198394632 | contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 45 | |
| 2198395451 | contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect | 46 | |
| 2198398641 | earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind | 47 | |
| 2198399633 | fanciful | using the imagination | 48 | |
| 2198399634 | forthright | directly frank without hesitation | 49 | |
| 2198400835 | intimate | very familiar | 50 | |
| 2198407338 | malicious | purposely hurtful | 51 | |
| 2198408519 | patronizing | air of condescension | 52 | |
| 2198409197 | pessimistic | seeing the worst side of things; no hope | 53 | |
| 2198409199 | reflective | illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions | 54 | |
| 2198410367 | sarcastic | sneering, caustic | 55 | |
| 2198410368 | sardonic | scornfully and bitterly sarcastic | 56 | |
| 2198413239 | satiric | ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach | 57 | |
| 2198415812 | sincere | without deceit or pretense; genuine | 58 | |
| 2198416860 | solemn | deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection | 59 |
