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CLAIM
A STATEMENT MADE WITHOUT PROOF
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COUNTER CLAIM
AN OPPOSING STATEMENT DIRECTED TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE PARTY
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EXPOSITION
EXPLANATION OF AN IDEA OR THEORY
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CATHARSIS
PROVIDING RELIEF FROM EMOTIONS
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LOGOS
APPEALS TO THE READER’S LOGIC
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ETHOS
AN AUTHOR’S ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE IN REGARD TO MORAL VALUES
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PATHOS
APPEALS TO THE AUDIENCE’S EMOTIONS TO EVOKE A SPECIFIC FEELING
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GERUND
A WORD THAT DERIVES FROM A VERB, BUT ACTS AS A NOUN. USUALLY ENDS IN -ING
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SYNTHESIZE
TO WRITE BY COMBINING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
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PARAPHRASE
A RESTATEMENT OF THE TEXT, IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT