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A assertion or statement that something is the case.
Claim
A statement persuading your readers to agree with your opinion
Argument
The giving of a particular non-living thing human characteristics
Personification
A joke exploiting the possible meanings of a word that can be used in more than one way
Pun
A comparison between two things using the words like or as
Simile
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecdoche
A statement made to present something saller, worse, or less important than it is.
Understatement
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The duck said to the bartender "put it on my bill"
A sense impression relating to ones sense or part of the body by stimulating another sense or part of the body
Synaesthesia
A appeal made to the audience to trust you through an ethical motive
Ethos
A appeal made to the audience through logic
Logos
A appeal made to the audience through an emotional expression
Pathos
Making an inference based on an observation, often as a sample.
Inductive Reasoning
Making an inference based on widely accepted facts or premises
Deductive Reasoning/ Syllogism
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The race cars must go over 80 mph to win - Inductive reasoning