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Glossary of Rhetorical terms
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Act
Definition
In a dramatistic pentad created by a speaker or writer in order to invent material, the words the speaker or writer uses to describe what happened or happens in a particular situation
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Aesthetic Reading
Definition
Reading to experience the world of the text
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Agency
Definition

In a dramatistic pentad created by a speaker or writer in order to invent material, the words the speaker or writer uses to describe the person or persons involved in taking action in a particular situation

 

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Agent
Definition
created by a speaker or writer in order to invent material, the words the speaker or writer uses to describe the person or persons involved in taking action in a particular situation
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aim
Definition
the goal a writer or speaker hopes to achieve with the text
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allegory
Definition
an extended metaphor
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words.
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allusion
Definition
reference in a written or spoken text to another text or to some particular body of knowledge
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anadiplosis
Definition
the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
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anaphora
Definition
the repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
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anecdote
Definition
a brief narrative offered in a text to capture the audience's attention or to support a generalization or claim
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Anglo-Saxon diction
Definition
word choice characterized by simple, often one or two syllable, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
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antagonist
Definition
the character who opposes the interest of the protagonist
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antecedent-consequence relationship
Definition
the relationship expressed by "if... then reasoning"
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anthimeria
Definition
one part of speech-for example, a noun-substituting for another-for example-a verb
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anticipated objection
Definition
the technique a writer or speaker uses in an argumentative text to address and answer objections, even if the audience has not had the opportunity to voice these objections
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antimetabole
Definition
the repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse gramatical order
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antithesis
Definition
the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure
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apologist
Definition
a person or character who makes a case for some controversial, even contentious position
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apology
Definition
an elaborate statement justifying some conteversial or even tentious position
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apostrophe
Definition
type of soliloquy where nature is addressed as though human
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appeal
Definition
one of three strategies for persuading audiences: logos, pathos, ethos
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appeal to authority
Definition
in a text, the reference to words, action or beliefs of a person in authority as a means of supporting a claim, generalization or conclusion
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appositive
Definition
a noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately and defines or amplifies its meaning.
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argument
Definition
a carefully constructed well-supported representstion on how an author sees an issue, problem or subject
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argument by analysis
Definition
an argument developed by breaking the sunject matter into its component parts
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Aristotelian triangle
Definition
a diagram showing the relations of a writer or speaker, audience and text in a rhetorical situatiom
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arrangement
Definition
in a writtrn or spoken text, the placement of ideas for effect.
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assonance
Definition
the repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words
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assumption
Definition
an opinion or perspective or belief that the author thinks the audience holds
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asyndeton
Definition
the omission of conjunctions between related clauses
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attitude
Definition
in dramatistic pentad, created by writer in order to invent material, manner in which action is carried out
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audience
Definition
the person or persons who listen or read a spoken text and are capable of respoding to it
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basic topic
Definition

Aristotle explained could be used to create subject matter: greater or less, possible and impossible, past fact and future fact

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begging of the question
Definition
the situation that results when writer constructs an argument on an assumption that the audiemce doesn't accept
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brainstorming
Definition
the planning act of the writing process, used by writer to generate ideas
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canon
Definition
one of the traditional elements of rhetorical composition- invention, arrangement, style, memory or deli9very
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casuistry
Definition
a mental exercise to discover possibilities for analysis of communication
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cause and effect
Definition
the relationship if something happens then this will happen as a result
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character
Definition
a personage in a narrative
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claim
Definition
the ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point that a sylogism espresses.  supported by evidence or argument
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climax
Definition
the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of inmcreasing # or importance
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climbing the ladder
Definition
a term referring to the schemes of climax and anadiplosis used together
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cloze test
Definition
a test of reading ability that requires a person to fill in missing words in a text
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common topic
Definition
one of the perspectives, derived from Aristotle's topics, used to generate material.  the six common topics are definition, division, comparisn, relation, circumstances and testimony
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complex sentence
Definition
a sentence with one independent clause and one or more deoendent clauses
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compound-complex sentence
Definition
a sentence with two or more independent clauses and 1+ dependent clauses
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compound sentence
Definition
a sentence with two or more independent clauses
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compound subject
Definition
the construction in which two or more nouns, noun phrases, or noun clauses constitute the gramattical subject of a clause
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conclusion (of syllogism)
Definition
the ultimate point or generilization that a syllogism expresses
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confirmation
Definition
in ancient roman oratory, the part of a speech in which the speaker would offer proof or demonstratiom of their central idea
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conflict
Definition
the struggle of characters with themselves, with others or with the world around them
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connotation
Definition
the implied meaning of a word in contrast to its directly expressed
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consulting
Definition
seeking help for one's writing from a reader
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context
Definition
the convergence of time, place, audience and motivating factors in which a piece or writijng is situated
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contraction
Definition
the combination of two words into one by eliminating one or more sounds "don't"
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contradiction
Definition
urges the speaker or writer to invent an example or proof opposite to the main idea or argument
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contraries
Definition
see contradiction
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data (as evidence)
Definition
facts, statistics, and examples that a speaker or writer offers in support of a claim
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Declaiming
Definition
Heightening a message by emphasizing pitch, volume, and pause and by using guestures and movements
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Deductive Reasoning
Definition
Reasoning that begins with a general principle and concludes with a specific instance that demonstrates the general principle
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Delivery
Definition
The presentation and format of a compostion
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Denotation
Definition
The dictionary definition of a word, in contrast to its connotation, or implied meaning
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Descriptive Writing
Definition
Writing that relies on sensory images to characterize a person or place
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Dialect
Definition
The descripable patterns of language-grammar and vocabulary-used by a particular cultural or ethnic population.
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Dialogue
Definition
Conversation between and among characters.
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Diction
Definition
Word choice, which is viewed on scales of formality/informality, concreteness/abstractness, latinate derivation/Anglo-Saxon derivation, and denotative value/connotative value
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Double entendre
Definition
The double (or multiple) meanings of a group of words that the speaker or writer has purposely left ambiguous
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Drafting
Definition
The process by which writers get something written on paper or in a computer fileso that they can develop their ideas and begin moving toward an end, the raw material for what will become the final product.
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Dramatic monologue
Definition
A type of poem, popular primarily in the nineteenth century, in which the speaker is delivering a monologue to an assumed group of listeners
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Dramatic narration
Definition
A narrative in which the reader or viewer does not have access to the unspoken thoughts of any character.
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Dramatistic pentad
Definition
The invention strategy, developed by Kenneth Burke, that invites a speaker or writer to create identities for the act, agent, agency, scene, and purpose in a situation.  An adaptation of the pentad also calls for the speaker or writer to identify attitude in the situation
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Dynamic character
Definition
One who changes during the course of the narrative
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Editing
Definition
The final observation, before delivery, by a writer or speaker of a composition to evaluate appropriatness and to locate missteps in the work
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Effect
Definition
The emotional or psychological impact a text has on a reader or listener
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Efferent reading
Definition
Reading to garner the information from a text
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Ellipsis
Definition
The omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the over-all context of a passage.
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Enthymeme
Definition
Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated.
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Epistrophe
Definition
The repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses.  Ex: they saw no evil, spoke no evil and heard no evil.
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Epithet
Definition
A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a person's name-for example, "Richard the Lion Hearted"
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Ethos
Definition
The appeal of a text to the credibility and character or the speaker, writer or narrator.
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euphemism
Definition
An indirect expression of unpleasant information ion such a way as to lessen its impact- for example, saying a person's position was eliminated rather than the person was fired
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Evidence
Definition
The facts, statistics, anecdotes, and examples that a speaker or writer offers in support of a claim, generilization, or conclusion.
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Exaggeration
Definition
An overstatement; see hyperbole
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Example
Definition
An illustration or incident offered in support of a generilization, claim or point
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Exordium
Definition
In ancient Roman oratory, the introduction of a speech, meant to draw the audience into the speach
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Extended Analogy
Definition
An extended passage arguing that if two things are similar in one or two ways, they are probably similar in other ways as well.
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Extended Example
Definition
An example that is carried through several sentences or paragraphs.
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Fable
Definition
A narrative in which fictional characters, often animals, take actions that have ethnical or moral significance
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Figurative Language
Definition
Language dominated by the use of schemes and tropes
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Figures of Rhetoric
Definition
Schemes-that is, variations from typical word or sentence formation-and tropes, which are variations from typical patterns of thought.
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Flashback
Definition
A part of the plot that moves back in time and then returns to the present.
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Flashforward
Definition
A part of the plot that jumps ahead in time and then returns to the present.
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Flat Character
Definition
A figure readily identifiable by memorable traits but not fully developed
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Format
Definition
The structural elements-such as font and font size, cover page, page numbering, title and heads, bulleted and numbered lists, footnotes, end notes, and works cited/reference pages-that constitute the presentation of a text
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Freewriting
Definition
Intuitive writing strategy for generating ideas by writing without stopping.
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Functional Part
Definition
A part of a text classified according to its function-for example, introduction, example or counterargument.
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Generalization
Definition
A point that a speaker or writer generates on the basis of considering a number or particular examples.
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Genre
Definition
A piece of writing classified by type-for example, letter, narrative, eulogy, or editiorial.
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Heuristic
Definition
A systematic strategy or method for solving problems.
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House Analogy
Definition
In ancient Roman oratory, the method that speakers used to memorize their speeches, connecting the introduction to the porch of a house, the narration and partition to the front foyer, the confirmation and refutation to rooms connected to the foyer, and the conclusion to the back door.
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Hyperbole
Definition
An exaggeration for effect
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Image
Definition
A passage of a text that evokes sensation or emotional intensity.
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Imagery
Definition
Language that evokes particular sensations or emotionally rich experiences in a reader.
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Implied Metaphor
Definition
A metaphor embedded in a sentence rather than expressed directly as a sentence.  For example, "His voice cascaded through the hallways" contains an implied metaphor.  "His voice was a cascade of emotion" contains a direct metaphor
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Inductive Reasoning
Definition
Reasoning that begins by citing a number of specific instances or examples and then shows how collectively they constitute a general principle.
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Inference
Definition
A conclusion that a reader or listener reaches by means of his or her own thinking rather than by direct statement in a text.
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Intention
Definition
The goal a writer or speaker hopes to achieve with the text-for example, to clarify difficult material, to inform, to convince, or to persuade.  Also called aim or purpose
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Invention
Definition
The art of generating material for a text, the first of the five traditional canons of rhetoric.
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Investigating
Definition
Carrying our activities, during the writing process, to locate ideas and information.
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Irony
Definition
Writing or speaking that implies the contrary of what is actually written or spoken.
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jargon
Definition
The specialized vocabulary of a particular group.
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Journal
Definition
Hey text in which writers produce informal compositions that help them "think on paper" about topics in writing projects
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Journaling
Definition
The process of writing in a journal.
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Konnoi topoi
Definition
Peoples topics, ordinary patterns of reasoning, also called basic topics.
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Latinate diction
Definition
Vocabulary characterized by the choice of elaborate, often complicated words drives from Latin roots
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Limited narration
Definition
A narrative in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thought of one character or partial thinking of more than one character.
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Litotes
Definition
Understatement-for example, "her performance ran the gamut of emotion from a to be".
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Logic
Definition
The art of reasoning.
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Logos
Definition
The appeal of a text based on what the logical structure of its argument or central ideas
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Loose sentence
Definition
A sentence that adds modifying elements after the subject, verb, and complement
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Major premise
Definition
See premise, major
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Memory
Definition
Access to information and collective knowledge for use in composition.
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Metaphor
Definition
And implied comparison that does not use the word like or as-for example, "his voice was a cascade of emotion".
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Metonymy
Definition
An entity referred to buy one of its attributes or associations-for example, "The admissions office claims applications have risen."
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Minor premise
Definition
See premise, minor
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Mnemonic device
Definition
A systematic aid to memory.
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Mood
Definition
The feeling that a text is intended to produce in the audience
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Narration
Definition
An ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech in which the speaker provided background information on the topic.
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Narrative
Definition
An anecdote or a story offered in support of a generalization, claim, or point. Also, a function and text accomplished when the speaker or writer tells a story
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Narrative intrusion
Definition
A comment that is made directly to the reader by breaking into the forward plot movement.
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Occasion
Definition
The part of context also referred to as time and place.
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Omniscient narration
Definition
Nearest have in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thoughts of all the characters.
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Onomatopeia
Definition
A literary device in which the sound of the word is related to its meaning-for example, "buzz" and "moan"
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Overstatement
Definition
See hyperbole.
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Oxymoron
Definition
Check supposed words with seemingly contradictory meetings-for example "jumbo shrimp"
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Pace
Definition
The speed with which a plot moves from one event to another.
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Paradox
Definition
A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless.
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Parallelism
Definition
A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appear in a sentence or paragraph
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Parenthesis
Definition
And insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence.
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Partition
Definition
An ancient Roman oratory, the part of the speech where the speaker would divide the main topic into parts.
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Pathos
Definition
The appeal of the text to the emotional interest of the audience.
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peer review
Definition
A system calling for writers to read or listen to one another's work and suggest ways to improve it.
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Pentad
Definition
Kenneth Burke system for analyzing motives and actions and communication. The five points of the Hentatte our act, agent, agency, seeing, and purpose.
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Peoples topics
Definition
The English translation of konnoi topoi, the four topics that Aristotle explain could be used to generate material without any subject matter, also called basic topics.
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Periodic sentence
Definition
A sentence with modifying elements including before the verb and/or complement
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Periphrasis
Definition
The substitution of an attribute of word or phrase for proper name, or the use of a proper name to suggest a personality characteristic. For example, "Pete rose-known as Charlie hustle-admitted his gambling problem."
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Peroration
Definition
In ancient Roman oratory, the part of the speech in which the speaker would draw together the entire argument include material designed to compel the audience to think or act in the way consonant with the central argument.
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Persona
Definition
The character that a writer or speaker conveys to the audience, the plural is personae.
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Personae
Definition
Plural of persona.
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Personification
Definition
The giving of human characteristics to inadamant objects.
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Persuasion
Definition
The changing of peoples minds or actions by language.
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Petito principi
Definition
Begging of the question; disagreeing with premises or reasoning.
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Planning
Definition
Determining appropriateness of information for audience and for purpose.
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Plot
Definition
Arrangement of the events in the story.
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Plot devices
Definition
Elements of plot that operate to cause or resolve conflicts and to provide information.
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Poem
Definition
Louise Rosenblatt's term for the interpretive moment when reader and text connect.
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Point of view
Definition
The perspective or source of a piece of writing. A first person point of view has a narrator and speaker who refers to himself or herself as I. A third person point of you lacks such an eye and it's perspective.
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Premise, major
Definition
The first premise in the syllogism. The major premise states and irrefutable generalization
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Premise, minor
Definition
The second premise and a syllogism. The minor premise offers a particular instance of the generalizations stated in the major premise.
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Protagonist
Definition
The major character and a piece of literature, the figure in the narrative his interest the reader is most concerned about and sympathetic for.
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Pun
Definition
A play on words.  Types of ponds include Anetta classes, words that sound alike but behave different meanings. The spoiled turkey meat was Pfahl, most fell. paranomasia, words alike and sound but defendant meeting. When simples to boyfriend started fighting her friends referred to it as the Civil War. syllepsis, A word used differently and relation to two other
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Purpose
Definition
The goal a writer or speaker hopes to achieve with the text-for example, to clarify difficult material, to inform, to convince, and/or to persuade. Also called aim and intention.
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Ratio
Definition
Combination of two or more elements and a dramatist of pentad in order to invent material.
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Reader's repertoire
Definition
The collection of predictions and revisions a person employees when reading a text.
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Reading
Definition
The construction of meaning, purpose, and the fact in a text.
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Reading journal
Definition
A log in which readers can trace developing reactions to what they are reading.
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Recursive
Definition
Referring to the moving back-and-forth from invention to revision in the process of writing.
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Refutation
Definition
In ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech in which the speaker would anticipate objections to the points been raised encounter them.
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Reliable narrator
Definition
Hey believable, trustworthy commentator on the events and characters in the story.
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Repertoire
Definition
A set of assumptions, skills, fax, and experience that a reader brings to a text to make meaning.
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Repetition
Definition
In a text, use more than once of the sound, word, phrase, or clause to emphasize meaning or achieve affect.
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Revising
Definition
Returning to a draft to rethink, reread, and rework ideas and sentences.
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Rhetor
Definition
The speaker or writer who uses elements of rhetorical effectively an oral or written text.
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Rhetoric
Definition
The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer, speaker, reader, or listener might make in the situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective. The specific features of text, written or spoken, the cause them to be meaningful, purposeful, and effective for readers or listeners and his situation
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Rhetorical choices
Definition
The particular choices a writer or speaker makes to achieve meaning, purpose, or effect.
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Rhetorical intention
Definition
Involvement and investment and and ownership of a piece of writing.
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Rhetorical mode
Definition
Formal patterns for organizing a text, also used as invention devices. The traditional rhetorical modes or description, narration, exposition, and argumentation.
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Rhetorical question
Definition
A question posed by the speaker or writer not to seek an answer but instead to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question about it.
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Rhetorical situation
Definition
The convergence in a situation of exigency. (The need to write). Audience, and purpose.
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Rhetorical triangle
Definition
A diagram showing the relations of writer or speaker, reader or listener, and text in a rhetorical situation.
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Romance language
Definition
Hey language that is derived from Latin.
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Round character
Definition
A figure out with complexity and action and personality.
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Sarcasm
Definition
The use of mockery or bitter irony.
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Scene
Definition
In a dramatist take pentad created by a speaker or writer in order to invent material, the words the speaker or writer uses to describe where and when something is happening or happens in a particular situation.
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Scenic narration
Definition
Narration in which an event or a moment of the pot is stretched out for dramatic effect.
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Scheme
Definition
And artful variation from typical formation and arrangement of words or sentences.
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Setting
Definition
The context, including time and place of a narrative.
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Sharing
Definition
See peer review.
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Simile
Definition
A type of comparison that uses the words like or as.
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Simple sentence
Definition
A sentence with one independent clause and not dependent clause.
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Situation
Definition
See rhetorical situation.
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Six-part oration
Definition
In classical rhetoric, a speech consisting of exordium, narration, partition, confirmation, refutation, and peroration.
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Slang
Definition
Informal language, often considered inappropriate for formal occasions and text.
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Soliloquy
Definition
Dialogue in which a character speaks aloud to himself or herself.
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Speaker
Definition
The person delivering a speech, or the character assumed to be speaking a poem.
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Stance
Definition
A writer's or speaker's apparent attitude toward the audience.
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Static character
Definition
A figure who remains the same from the beginning to the end of a narrative.
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Stock settings
Definition
Stereotypical time and plave settings that let readers know a text's genre immediately.
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Style
Definition
The choices that writers or speakers make in language for effect.
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Subject
Definition
One of the points on the Aristotelian or rhetorical triangle;the subject matter a writer or speaker is writing or speaking about.
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Summary narration
Definition
Narration in which a brief statement of events moves the plot quickly.
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Support
Definition
In a text, the material offered to make concrete or to back up a generalization, conclusion, or claim.
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Syllogism
Definition
Logical reasoning from inarguable premises.
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Symbol
Definition
In a text, an element that stands for more than itself and, therefore, helps to convey a theme of the text.
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Synecdoche
Definition
A part of something used to refer to the whole-for example, "50 head of cattle" referring to 50 whole animals.
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Syntax
Definition
The order of words in a sentence.
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Tautology
Definition
A group of words that merely repeats the meaning already conveyed.
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Theme
Definition
The message conveyed by a literary work.
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Thesis
Definition
The main idea in a text, often the main generilization, conclusion, or claim.
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Thesis statement
Definition
A single sentence that states a text's thesis, usually somewhere near the beginning.
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Tone
Definition
The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.
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Topic
Definition
The sources or "places" where writers go to discover methods for proof and strategies for presentation of ideas.
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Trope
Definition
An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas.
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Understatement
Definition
Deliberate playing down of a situation in order to make a point-for example, "As the principal dancer, Joe Smith displayed only two flaws: his arms and his legs".
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Unity
Definition
THe sense that a text is, appropriately, about only one subject and achieves one major purpose or effect.
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Unreliable narrator
Definition
An untrustworthy or a naive commentator on events and characters in a story.
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Verisimilitude
Definition
The quality of a text that reflects the truth of actual experience.
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Voice
Definition
The textual features, such as diction and sentence structure, that convey a writer's or speaker's persona.
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Writing process
Definition
The acts a writer goes through, often recursively, to complete a pieve of writing: inventing, investigating, planning, drafting, consulting, revising, and editing.  The book also uses the plural-writing processes-because no two writers have exactly the same set of acts in exactly the same order.
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Zeugma
Definition
A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning ("He maintained a business and his innocence").
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