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  1. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  2. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  3. logic
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
  4. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  5. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  6. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  7. voice
    the sound made when a person speaks
  8. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  9. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  10. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  11. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
  12. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  13. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  14. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  15. Logos
    the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity
  16. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  17. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  18. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  19. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  20. invention
    the act of making something new
  21. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  22. aim
    point or cause to go towards
  23. purpose
    what something is used for
  24. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  25. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
Created on Sat Sep 25 00:13:47 EDT 2010 (updated Sat Sep 25 01:04:24 EDT 2010)

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