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  1. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  2. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  3. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
  4. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  5. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  6. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  7. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  8. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  9. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  10. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  11. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  12. claim
    assert or affirm strongly
  13. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  14. Logos
    the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity
  15. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  16. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  17. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  18. invention
    the act of making something new
  19. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  20. aim
    point or cause to go towards
  21. purpose
    what something is used for
  22. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  23. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  24. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
Created on 九月 26, 2010 (updated 九月 28, 2010)

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