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| 7121193347 | Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 0 | |
| 7121193348 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 1 | |
| 7121193349 | Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 2 | |
| 7121193350 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun | 3 | |
| 7121193351 | Archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language | 4 | |
| 7121193352 | Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. | 5 | |
| 7121193353 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 6 | |
| 7121193354 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 7 | |
| 7121193355 | Authority | A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge | 8 | |
| 7121193356 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical device in which certain words, sounds, concepts, or syntactic structures are reversed or repeated in reverse order | 9 | |
| 7121193357 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text | 10 | |
| 7121193359 | Colloquialism | An informal or conversational use of language | 11 | |
| 7121193360 | Complex sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 12 | |
| 7121193361 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 13 | |
| 7121193362 | Cumulative sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 14 | |
| 7121193363 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement | 15 | |
| 7121193364 | Idiom | A word or phrase that is not taken literally, like "bought the farm" has nothing to do with purchasing real estate, but refers to dying. Avoid idioms in your writing. | 16 | |
| 7121193365 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands | 17 | |
| 7121193366 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 18 | |
| 7121193367 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 19 | |
| 7121193368 | Metonymy | Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole | 20 | |
| 7121193369 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing | 21 | |
| 7121193370 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | 22 | |
| 7121193371 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 23 | |
| 7121193372 | Premise | Two parts of a syllogism (major & minor). The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise and its subject from the minor premise | 24 | |
| 7121193373 | Major premise | All mammals are warm-blooded | 25 | |
| 7121193374 | Minor premise | All horses are mammals | 26 | |
| 7121193375 | Conclusion | All horses are warm-blooded (see syllogism) | 27 | |
| 7121193376 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 28 | |
| 7121193377 | Rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation | 29 | |
| 7121193378 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | 30 | |
| 7121193379 | Sentence patterns | The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions—such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex | 31 | |
| 7121193381 | Simple sentence | A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause | 32 | |
| 7121193382 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech | 33 | |
| 7121193383 | Subordinate clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause | 34 | |
| 7121193384 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major & minor) | 35 | |
| 7121193386 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 36 | |
| 7121193387 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex | 37 | |
| 7121193388 | Understatement | Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect | 38 | |
| 7121193389 | Zeugma | A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs—often in different, sometimes in congruent ways—two or more words in a sentence | 39 |
