| Term | Definition |
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| bias | a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice |
| cite | to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), esp. as an authority |
| claim | an assertion of something as a fact |
| close reading | careful reading with attention to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary elements. |
| colloquialism | a characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech; not employed in formal discourse or writing. |
| common ground | a foundation of common interest or comprehension, as in a social relationship or a discussion |
| complex sentence | a sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause |
| concession | the thing or point yielded |
| connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing |
| context | words, events, and circumstances that help determine the meaning |
| coordination | the grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence |
| counterargument | Something that undermines an argument or deters someone from action |
| credible | capable/worthy of being believed; believable |
| cumulative sentence | a sentence that begins with a subject and a predicate and then adds a series of phrases or clauses that amplify or explain the idea in the independent clause. |
| declarative sentence | a sentence that states an idea in the form of a statement |
| deduction | The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning |
| denotation | the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression |
| dialectal journal | it's double columned with a quote on one side and a reflection on the other. It is a _________ __________ |
| diction | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| documentation | the use of written records or material as evidence to support a claim |
| elegiac | (noun) a poem in such distiches or verses, (verb) expressing sorrow or lamentation |
| epigram | any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed |
| ethos | a rhetorical term referring to the character of a person |
| explication of text | explanation of a text's meaning through an analysis of all constituent points |
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