5745142677 | Proposition | The terms to be discussed | 0 | |
5745142678 | Pun | Play on words based on mult meanings of words | 1 | |
5745142679 | Purpose | Reason behind text | 2 | |
5745142680 | Qualify | Author accepts theory or proposition to an extent | 3 | |
5745142681 | Quotations | Use of another authors words for validity | 4 | |
5745142682 | Red hereing | Author raises irrelevant issue to draw attention away from real issue | 5 | |
5745142683 | Reductio and absurdum | "Reduce to absurd" creating comic effect | 6 | |
5745142684 | Refutation | Deliberately directly attacking opponents argument | 7 | |
5745142685 | Repetition | Word or phrase used two or more times in proximity | 8 | |
5745142686 | Rhetoric | Art of using words effectively in writing or speaking | 9 | |
5745142687 | Rhetorical modes | Exposition, description narration argumentation | 10 | |
5745142688 | Rhetorical question | Asked for effect to emphasize a point | 11 | |
5745142689 | Rhetorical sentence | The starting point of an argument | 12 | |
5745142690 | Rhythmic diction | Flow of sound created by placement and choice of words | 13 | |
5745142691 | Sarcasm | Harsh caustic personal remarks to or about someone | 14 | |
5745142692 | Satire | Use of sarcasm ridicule irony | 15 | |
5745142693 | Semicolon | ; | 16 | |
5745142694 | Simile | Fig speech use like or as | 17 | |
5745142695 | Simple sentence | Single independent clause | 18 | |
5745142696 | Situational irony | Opposite of what actually happens | 19 | |
5745142697 | Slippery slope | Fallacy- one event must follow from another with any argument | 20 | |
5745142698 | snob appeal | Intellectual pretensions | 21 | |
5745142699 | Spatial ordering | Organization using spatial cues such as top to bottom, left to right | 22 |
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