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*'''Syllogism''': a logical, deductive conclusion drawn from two related premises (see [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]])
*'''Syllogism''': a logical, deductive conclusion drawn from two related premises (see [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]])
*'''Supra-textual structuring''': visual cues that create coherence between elements of a document, e.g., headers, indentation, page orientation, white space, placement of extra-textual elements such as data display and pictures, icons, page color, and lines (see [https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/alred/www/pdf/kostelnick-rhetoricoftext.pdf Rhetoric of Text])
*'''Supra-textual structuring''': visual cues that create coherence between elements of a document, e.g., headers, indentation, page orientation, white space, placement of extra-textual elements such as data display and pictures, icons, page color, and lines (see [https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/alred/www/pdf/kostelnick-rhetoricoftext.pdf Rhetoric of Text])
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*'''Synchronic''': relating to language or other phenomena at a specific period; opposite of [[diachronic]] (see [["Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure]])
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*'''Synchronic''': relating to language or other phenomena at a specific period; opposite of diachronic (see [["Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure]])
*'''Suasory:''' intended to persuade (Burke [[January 27 Class Notes]])  
*'''Suasory:''' intended to persuade (Burke [[January 27 Class Notes]])  
*'''Subjectivism''': the theory that that knowledge is subjective and that there is no external or objective truth (see [["The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" by Chaïm Perelman]])
*'''Subjectivism''': the theory that that knowledge is subjective and that there is no external or objective truth (see [["The New Rhetoric: A Theory of Practical Reasoning" by Chaïm Perelman]])

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