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| 14674131430 | Diction | the distinctive vocabulary of a particular author | 0 | |
| 14674142968 | Rhetoric | art of using language as a means to persuade | 1 | |
| 14674150817 | Bombastic | using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language | 2 | |
| 14674176878 | Ethos | an appeal based on the character of the speaker | 3 | |
| 14674184387 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 4 | |
| 14674193952 | Pathos | an appeal based on emotion | 5 | |
| 14674195577 | Capricious | impulsive, unpredictable | 6 | |
| 14674206835 | Tone | the writer's attitude, mood, or moral outlook toward the subject and/or readers | 7 | |
| 14674222290 | Appeal | the power of arousing a sympathetic response | 8 | |
| 14674245026 | Argument | discourse intended to persuade | 9 | |
| 14674248831 | Colloquialism (colloquial) | a word or phrase used in an easy, informal style of writing or speaking | 10 | |
| 14674288119 | Connotation | suggestions and associations which surround a word as opposed to its bare, literal meaning | 11 | |
| 14674292066 | Apathy | a lack of feeling or emotion | 12 | |
| 14674294069 | Paradox | a statement that appears to be contradictory, but which reveals a deeper truth | 13 | |
| 14674297254 | Dialect | variety of language confined to a region or group | 14 | |
| 14674316427 | Understatement | a statement which says less than is really meant | 15 | |
| 14674327189 | Hyperbole | deliberate and obvious exaggeration for effect | 16 | |
| 14674334995 | Anecdote | a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident | 17 | |
| 14674338812 | Condescending | patronizing or assuming superiority | 18 | |
| 14674347361 | Voice | an author's distinctive literary style, basic vision and general attitude toward the world | 19 |