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25 Cards in this Set
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Testimonial |
a formal statement testifying to someone's character and qualifications
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Argument |
an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
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Legend |
a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
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Cultural values |
Culture is the sum of learned beliefs, values, and customs that regulate the behavior of members of a particular society
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Ad hominem |
of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining
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Bandwagon |
a wagon used for carrying a band in a parade or procession
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Appeal |
make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public
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Support |
bear all or part of the weight of; hold up
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Mood |
a temporary state of mind or feeling
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Stereotyping |
view or represent as a stereotype
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Persuasion |
the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something
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Theme |
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
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Epic |
a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
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Loaded language |
a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
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Fable |
a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
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Myth |
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events
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Exaggeration |
a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is
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Tall tale |
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factua
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Claim |
state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
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Moral |
concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
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Foreshadowing |
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
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Dialoudge |
A dialogue is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other
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Science Fiction |
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life.
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Conflict |
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
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Stage depictions |
an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lightin
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