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| 14283414695 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 0 | |
| 14283426432 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 1 | |
| 14283427974 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 2 | |
| 14283430089 | Anaphora | The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition | 3 | |
| 14283430090 | Anecdote | A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 4 | |
| 14283433980 | Annotation | A note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram | 5 | |
| 14283436969 | Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 6 | |
| 14283440734 | Aristotelian Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 7 | |
| 14283488838 | Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 8 | |
| 14283496238 | Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 9 | |
| 14283502370 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 10 | |
| 14283508146 | Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | 11 | |
| 14283515834 | Deduction | The inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle | 12 | |
| 14283519593 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 13 | |
| 14283522669 | Ethos | Credibility; a Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 14 | |
| 14283527116 | Figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling | 15 | |
| 14283532311 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis | 16 | |
| 14283533455 | Imagery | Vivd use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) | 17 | |
| 14283537373 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general; the production of facts to prove a general statement. | 18 | |
| 14283543504 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | 19 | |
| 14283545405 | Irony | A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result | 20 | |
| 14283571838 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 21 | |
| 14283576466 | Logos | Logic; a Greek term that means "word;" an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 22 | |
| 14283578406 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 23 | |
| 14283585148 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 24 | |
| 14283598171 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradicting terms | 25 | |
| 14283599381 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 26 | |
| 14283604319 | Pathos | Emotion; a Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 27 | |
| 14283608197 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 28 | |
| 14283609512 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 29 | |
| 14283623338 | Premise: Major | The first premise in a syllogism stating an irrefutable generalization | 30 | |
| 14283629799 | Premise: Minor | The second premise in a syllogism offering a particular instance of the generalization state in the first premise | 31 | |
| 14283637019 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 32 | |
| 14283642881 | Rhetorical Modes | Narration, description, example, definition, analysis, division/classification, comparison/contast, cause/effect, problem/solution | 33 | |
| 14283663670 | Rhetorical Mode: Narration | A rhetorical mode used to tell a story or relate an event | 34 | |
| 14283665671 | Rhetorical Mode: Description | A rhetorical mode used to recreate, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that which is being described | 35 | |
| 14283666700 | Rhetorical Mode: Example | A rhetorical mode used to show the details of a complex problem in a way that's easy for readers to understand | 36 | |
| 14283669036 | Rhetorical Mode: Definition | A rhetorical mode used to move beyond the dictionary defintion of a word in order to fully understand it | 37 | |
| 14283670254 | Rhetorical Mode: Process Analysis | A rhetorical mode used to give an order to events in a how-to style | 38 | |
| 14283671938 | Rhetorical Mode: Division/Classification | A rhetorical mode used to divide one large concept into several smaller ones in order to understand the overall concept better | 39 | |
| 14283673859 | Rhetorical Mode: Comparison/Contrast | A rhetorical mode used to compare multiple things; this is usually used to show that one thing is superior to others | 40 | |
| 14283675137 | Rhetorical Mode: Cause/Effect | A rhetorical mode used to offer an explanation about why a sequence matters | 41 | |
| 14283678822 | Rhetorical Mode: Problem/Solution | A rhetorical mode used to clearly identify a problem and provide a logical, practical solution for that problem | 42 | |
| 14283737411 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 43 | |
| 14283739714 | Rhetorical Triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text | 44 | |
| 14283744188 | Satire | An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it | 45 | |
| 14283746841 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise | 46 | |
| 14283750016 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 47 | |
| 14283752057 | Synthesize | Combining or bringing two or more elements to produce something more complex | 48 | |
| 14283755138 | Thesis | The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | 49 | |
| 14283757245 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience | 50 | |
| 14283759098 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is | 51 | |
| 14283761204 | Voice | A writer's distinctive use of language | 52 |
