14638743296 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 0 | |
14638746846 | Cliché | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 1 | |
14638748618 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing (to persuade, argue, explain, entertain, etc). | 2 | |
14638751715 | Audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 3 | |
14638752606 | Syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, causes, and sentences; sentence structure or arrangement | 4 | |
14638756718 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 5 | |
14638757837 | Diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words | 6 | |
14638758796 | Rhetoric | the art of persuasion | 7 | |
14638759847 | Rhetorical Modes | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 8 | |
14638760799 | Rhetorical Devices | techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate more effectively | 9 |
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