A predisposition or subjective opinion is known as ________.

Writing that urges readers to action or promote a change is called a ________.

A short account of an interesting or humorous incident, intended to illustrate or support a point is called an ________.

A comparison to a directly parallel case; the process of drawing a comparison between two things based on a partial similarity of like features is called an ________.

An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words is called an ________.

The voice and attitude the writer has chosen to project is known as ________.

The overall atmosphere of a work and how that atmosphere makes a reader feel is called ________.

A contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas is called ________.

A brief reference to a person, event, or place - real or fictitious - or to a work of art is called an ________.

When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable is called a ________.

Placing two ideas side by side or close together is called ________.

The rhetorical technique of anticipating counterarguments and offering a refutation is called ________.

Substitutions of an inoffensive, indirect, or agreeable expression for a word or phrase perceived as socially unacceptable or harsh is called a ________.

A phrase or statement that while seeming contradictory or absurd may actually be well founded or true is called a ________.

Recurrent images, words, objects, phrases, or actions that tend to unify the work are called a ________.

The character that the speaker portrays is called a ________.

A timeworn expression that through overuse has lost its power to evoke concrete images is called a ________.

The discrepancy between appearance and reality: verbal, situational, dramatic is called ________.

A self contradictory combination of words is called an ________.

Appealing to logical reasoning and sound evidence is called ________.

Appealing to the audience's shared values is called ________.

Evoking and manipulating emotions is called ________.

A concise or tersely phrased statement in principle, truth, or opinion. Often found in fields like law, politics, and art is called an ________.

In arguing a point, a speaker should always lend his opponent some credit for his/her ideas. In this way, the speaker persuades the audience that he is fair and has done the research, thereby strengthening the argument is called ________.

A question asked solely to produce an effect and not to elicit a reply is called a ________.

When a writer delivers relevant opposing arguments is called ________.

A narrative in which character, action, and setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of a story. The underlying meaning usually has a moral, social, religious, or political significance is called an ________.

A formula for presenting an argument logically. In its simplest form, it consists of three divisions: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion is called a ________.

The substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself is called ________.

Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluation are called ________.

Claims advocating courses of action that should or should not be undertaken are called ________.

Claim of Value/Judgement: claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluations of ________.

Fill in the blank: Claims exploring what something means or what something is made up of are called ________.

The evidence offered in support of a claim is called ________.

The assumption the speaker makes about the audience is called a ________.

A statement that indicates the force of the argument is called a ________.

A sentence that makes a statement is called a ________.

A sentence that asks a question is called an ________.

A sentence that gives a command is called an ________.

A sentence that makes an interjection is called an ________.

A story presenting events in an orderly, logical sequence is called ________.

Using sensory language and physical characteristics of a person, place, or thing to communicate to readers is called ________.

Fill in the blank: Division is the process of breaking down a whole into smaller parts; Classification is the process of sorting individual items into categories is called ________.

Explaining what something, or even someone, is - that is, its essential nature is called ________.

Fill in the blank: Writing that provides a series of facts, specific cases, or instances that relate to a general idea is called ________.

Fill in the blank: Writing that highlights the similarities and differences between 2 or more topics is called ________.

Fill in the blank: Text that explains how to do something or how something occurs is called ________.

Deductive reasoning: Method of reasoning that moves from a general premise to a specific conclusion.

Inductive Reasoning: Method of reasoning that moves from specific evidence to a general conclusion based on this evidence.

Diction: choice of words in a work and an important element of style.

Abstract Language: Language describing ideas and qualities.

Concrete Language: Language describing observable, specific things.

Colloquialism: words characteristic to familiar conversation.

Denotation: specific, exact meaning of a word as defined.

Connotation: The emotional implications that a word may carry.

Polysyndeton: repetition of conjunctions in close succession.

Synecdoche: part is used for a whole or the whole for a part.

Satire: genre of writing used to critique or ridicule through humor or sarcasm.

Parody: exaggerated imitation of a serious work or subject.

Syntax: how a sentence is constructed.

Simple sentence: a complete sentence that is neither compound, nor complex. (1 subject, 1 predicate).

Which of the following best describes a compound sentence?

Complex sentence: An independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.

Antecedent: the word to which a pronoun refers.

Parallelism: when the arrangement of parts of a sentence is similarly phrased or constructed.

Loose sentence: When a sentence is grammatically complete before its end.

Periodic sentence: when a sentence is not grammatically complete before its end.

Anaphora: the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more consecutive lines.

Chiasmus: second half of an expression is balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed.

Anastrophe: any variation of the normal word order.

Freight Train Sentence: 3 or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions.

Litotes: a form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite.

Either-or reasoning: reducing an argument to two polar opposites and ignoring any alternatives or middle ground.

Ad Hominem: attacking a person's motives or character instead of his argument or claims.

False Analogy: When 2 cases are not sufficiently parallel.

Non Sequitur: introducing irrelevant evidence to support a claim.

Red Herring: something used to distract the audience's attention from the real issue or argument.

Slippery Slope: failure to provide evidence showing that one event will lead to a chain of events.

Straw Man: misrepresenting opponent's position to make it easier to attack (taking things out of context).