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31 Cards in this Set

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diction
imagery, connotative language
syntax
repetition, rhythm, pace
choice of details
significant ideas, effects
arrangement of ideas
beginning, ending, significance, chronological, episodic, comparison, definition
claim
your point, what you believe
grounds
evidence or reason for believing this to be true
warrant
why your grounds lead to your claim
backing
theoretical basis for your warrant's truth
rebuttal
opposing view that contradicts your claim
qualifier
a limit to your claim to warrant or backing
pathos
emotions, imagery, appeals, to common beliefs
ethos
credibility, show fair minded, civil person, acknowledge opposing side, presentation
logos
logic, applying rules to evidence
periodic sentences
a sentence with modifying elements before a verb
loose sentence
a sentence with modifying elements after a verb
asyndeton
omission of conjunctions between related clauses
polysyndeton
the use of conjunction between related clauses
ellispses
an omission of words with meaning provided by context
climax
repition of words, phrases
tropes
any artful variation from a typical expected way a word or idea is expressed
alliteration
beginning sound
anaphora
repitition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
epistrophe
repition of the same group of the words at the end of successive clauses
synecdoche
substitution of a part for the hole
metonmy
referring to an item using one of its qualities or something closely related to it
dialect
diction and speech patterns of certain people
jargon
using the diction of a specific industry or field of employment
rhetorical questions
no answer, but more the development of an idea
hyperbole
exaggeration
litotes
understatement
connotative language
language that evokes emotion