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1. Appeal of the text to the emotions or interests of the audience.






2. Short story that illustrates a moral or religious principle.






3. An elaborate statement justifying a controversial position -- 'We hold these truths to be self evident ...'






4. Two nouns that are adjacent to each other and reference the same thing -- My dog Toto






5. A passage of text that evokes sensation: Waves crashing on the ocean looks like knives.






6. Pre-writing (think: brainstorm - list) - Draft (write) - Revise (improve) - Proof - Publish






7. Exposition/Introduction - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Dénouement - resolution - or catastrophe






8. Word choice which is viewed on the scales of formality and informality.






9. A set of similarly structured words or clauses: The dog ran - stumbled - and fell.






10. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Grouping material so it is easier to understand.






11. A reference in a written or spoken text to some other piece of knowledge.






12. The omission of words -- but context is provided by the context of the passage






13. Perspective of a piece of writing: First - second third - etc.






14. One independent clause and at least one dependent clause






15. The repetition of consonant sounds of TWO or more adjacent words.






16. Writing categorized by type (science fiction - romance)






17. An understatement - This is quite a nice city -- instead of it's a fabulous city






18. Writing that implies the contrary of What is actually written:






19. Repetition at the end of a clause: 'Blood hath brought blood.'






20. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: A comparison used to explain something.






21. Sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.






22. The direct address of an absent person or personified object as if they can reply -- Romeo O Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo






23. Repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two more more adjacent words -- 'Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies.'






24. Implied meaning of a word






25. An indirect expression of unpleasant information: 'Passed away' for dead.






26. Logical meaning from inarguable premises - all mortals die - all humans are mortal - all humans die






27. Repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses: We shall not go on - we shall fight in France - we shall fight with confidence!






28. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Using specific examples to illustrate an idea.






29. The element that stands for more than itself -- Purple symbolizes royalty






30. Order of words in a sentence






31. Basic-Rhetorical-Mode: Noting similarities and differences between objects - people - characteristics - and actions.






32. An artful variation from expected modes of expression -- Pun for example






33. Extended metaphor:






34. Unusual or inverted word order -- Judge me by my size do you ?