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Extended metaphor
A metaphor extended over several lines or throughout an entire poem.
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Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work.
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Pathos
- (emotional appeal)
- A rhetorical appeal to readers' or listeners' senses or emotions.
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Parenthetical Citation
In a piece of research writing, this is information given in parenthesis ( ) that identifies the author and page number(s) of the work that is being discussed or quoted.
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Repetition
The use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza-more than once.
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Ethos
- (Ethical appeal)
- A rhetorical appeal that focuses on ethics, or the character or qualifications of the speaker.
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Empirical Evidence
Evidence based on experiences and direct observation through research.
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Anecdotal Evidence
Evidence based on personal accounts of incidents.
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Logical Evidence
Evidence based on facts and a clear rationale.
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Parallel Structure
Grammatic similarity between sentences so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased for ephasis.
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Tone
A writer's or speaker's attitude towards a subject.
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Logos
- (Logical appeal)
- A rhetorical appeal that uses logic to appeal to the sense of reason.
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Thesis Statement
A short statement that summarizes the main point of an essay and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.
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Elements of an Argument
- Hook
- Claim
- Concession and refutation
- Support
- Call to action
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Sated
Satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full: "sate your appetite at the restaurant".
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Auspicious
Conducive to success; favorable: "an auspicious moment to hold an election".
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Contempt
The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.
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Reverence
Regard or treat with deep respect.
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Impassively
Devoid of or not subject to emotion.
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Anarchists
A person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society.
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Sententiously
Tending to indulge in pompous moralizing.
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Insolence
The trait of being rude and impertinent.
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Perverse
Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
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Lamentation
A cry of sorrow and grief.
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Transgressed
Infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).
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Defiled
To make filthy or dirty.
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