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| 14684930801 | exigence | the situation, setting, and specific events surrounding the text when it was written. influences the purpose of the argument. | 0 | |
| 14684934909 | tone | the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and the audience. | 1 | |
| 14684939925 | ethos | the credibility or reputation of the speaker or writer to appeal to the audience | 2 | |
| 14684941294 | pathos | when a writer uses emotion to persuade the audience | 3 | |
| 14684941295 | logos | when a writer uses logic to persuade the audience | 4 | |
| 14684941900 | diction | specific word choice of a writer for effect | 5 | |
| 14684941901 | syntax | the grammatical structure of a sentence | 6 | |
| 14684943322 | imagery | words or phrases that create images to appeal to one or more of the five senses to create a mental picture. | 7 | |
| 14684943323 | repetition | word or phrase used repeatedly in close proximity | 8 | |
| 14684943977 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences | 9 | |
| 14684943978 | antithesis | the presentation of contrasting images or ideas for effect. | 10 | |
| 14684944860 | connotation | implied meaning or association with a word | 11 | |
| 14684944861 | denotation | the literal, dictionary, or technical meaning of a word. | 12 | |
| 14684946515 | juxtaposition/contrasts | placing two ideas, images, or things next to each other for comparison or contrast. | 13 | |
| 14684947985 | independent clauses | groups of words that have a subject and verb and a complete thought. a sentence. | 14 | |
| 14684948824 | dependent or subordinate clauses | groups of words that have a subject and verb but are an incomplete thought because of a subordinating conjunction. | 15 | |
| 14684950171 | participle | phrases ending in ing or ed that functions as an adjective | 16 | |
| 14684950172 | gerund | phrases ending in ing that functions as a noun | 17 | |
| 14684950980 | infinitive phrases | can function as a noun | 18 | |
| 14684950981 | parallel structure | when repeated words, phrases, clauses or sentences are set up similarly to emphasize or organize ideas, attract the readers attention, or simply provide a musical structure. | 19 | |
| 14684952175 | argument of definition | when a writer defines something on his or her own terms, in his or her way, framed by his r her own opinion in order to gain an advantage in an argument. | 20 | |
| 14684952860 | argument of exemplification | building support for a claim by providing diverse and detailed examples | 21 | |
| 14684953766 | argument of narration or description | using the power of description and storytelling in order to be persuasive. images and sensory details can be a powerful arguments. | 22 | |
| 14684953767 | qualifier | the degree, extent, or limit to which a claim is true | 23 |
