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Epigraph

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A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a work suggestive of its theme

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Equivocation

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Words used to create ambiguity, usually by using the same word in two different sense in an argument. This ambiguity is generally used to manipulate the target audience

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Ethical Appeal (ethos)

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An appeal made in a text or speech that is based on the reputation of the author or speaker. Speakers claim appears valid because the target audience trusts the speaker’s reputation

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Example

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An individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern

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Explication

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The act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text

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Exposition

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Background information provided by a writer to enhance understanding

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False Analogy

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An attempt to use two cases that are not sufficiently parallel to accept a connection

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Fiction

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A text that is the product of a writers imagination, using characters, plot, setting, point of view and theme. Effective writers create texts that make remembering the story is not real difficult

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Figurative Language

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A word or words that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes

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Generalization

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A position or claim established by a writer based on an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable

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Hyperbole

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Conscious exaggeration to heighten effect

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Image

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A word or words used to describe a sensory expression

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Imagery

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Words used to create a strong unified sensory impression

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Inversion

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Variation of the normal word order

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Logic

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An implied comparison when one thing is directly called another