CATEGORY 1
To regard as similar; liken to.
COMPARE
To confirm the validity or value of.
VALIDATE
To lessen or reduce.
ALLEVIATE
To begin; start; originate.
COMMENCE
a literary device that uses emotional appeal to persuade an audience.
PATHOS
a rhetorical device that establishes a writer's credibility and trustworthiness.
ETHOS
To gain possession of.
To make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent.
FABRICATE
To compare so as to point out the differences; set off against one another.
Close resemblance; similarity.
PARALLELISM
To put to use; make practical or profitable use of.
UTILIZE
To scatter far and wide; spread abroad, as if sowing; promulgate widely.
DISSEMINATE
The omission of a word or words necessary for complete grammatical construction but understood in the context (Ex.: “if possible” for “if it is possible”)
EILLIPSIS
To make or become better; improve.
AMELIORATE
spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely
PROPAGATE
the reason the author wrote it, or the goal they were trying to achieve.
PURPOSE
It's the event or situation that motivates the writer or speaker to create discourse.
EXIGENCE
To come together as a recognizable whole or entity.
a rhetorical device that uses logic and evidence to support a claim.
LOGOS
To explain or clarify something.
ELUCIDATE
the group of people who are intended to read a work
AUDIENCE