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10400277963analogya comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.0
10400277964audiencethe assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.1
10400278991deductive reasoningthe process of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion.2
10400279409evidencethe available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.3
10400279410logosnumber statistics4
10400282258rhetoricthe art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.5
10400282259toneAttitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character6
10400282599argumentA statement put forth and supported by evidence7
10400282600connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.8
10400283129denotationThe dictionary definition of a word9
10400283130implicationsomething suggested10
10400283131occasionthe time and place a speech is given or a piece is written11
10400284571speakerA term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing12
10400284572voiceA writers distinctive use of language13
10400285524Aristotelian appealsThree different methods of appealing to an audience to convince them—ethos, logos, and pathos.14
10400285525contextThe circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.15
10400285526dictionword choice16
10400286546inductive reasoningA type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.17
10400286547pathosAppeal to emotion18
10400286548syntaxSentence structure19
10400287281attitudefeelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events20
10400288806CounterargumentA challenge to a position; an opposing argument21
10400288807ethoscredibility22
10400288808ironyA contrast between expectation and reality23
10400289380purposethe goal the speaker wants to achieve24
10400289381synthesiscombination25

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