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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| s in soapstone #1 | speaker |
| o in soapstone | occasion |
| a | audience |
| p | purpose |
| s #2 | subject |
| t in soapstone | tone |
| ethos | credibility |
| pathos | emotion |
| logos | logic/evidence/facts |
| rhetorical techniques | delibrite choices of language to convery meaning in a certain way |
| allusion | reference |
| analogy | comparison between smtn familiar and smthn unfamiliar |
| anaphora | repitition at the beginning of phrases |
| anecdote | story |
| antithesis | contrast (it was the best of times it was the worst of times) |
| call to action | words that urge the reader to take action |
| diction | word choice |
| connotation | feeling behind the word |
| denotation | literal meaning of the word |
| colloquialism | informal speaking |
| dialect | speech that differs b/c of it's region or group |
| elevated diction | formal speech |
| euphemism | substituting a harsh word for nicer one |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| imagery | creates a picture in ur head w/ words |
| metaphor | comparing w/out using like/as |
| parallel structure | repetition of the same grammatical structure |
| personification | making something inanimate humanlike |
| simile | comparision w/ like/as |
| repetition | repeating |
| rhetorical question | question that dont need an answer fr fr |
| tone | attitude/mood/feeling |