| A | B |
| DCQ | Defend-Challenge-Qualify |
| Anecdote | a short narrative concerning a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature. |
| Archetype | the original model after which a thing is made; a prototype. In literature an archetype is an often flat character that has all the traits of a type of person: student-model-cheerleader-prison guard |
| Inclusion | the addition of somebody or something to a group or mixture. |
| Exclusion | the failure to include something or somebody. |
| Digression | an act or instance of departing from the central topic or line of argument while speaking or writing |
| Appositive | word or phrase placed in relation to the expression it modifies to identify or supplement the first expression. |
| Subordination | Expressing in a dependent clause |
| Epiplexis | asking questions (often rhetorical) to reproach (criticize) rather than to elicit answers |
| Hypophora(antipophora; anthypophora) | raising questions (often rhetorical) and then answering them |
| Inference | conclusion drawn from evidence or reasoning |
| Implication | something suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood |