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18 Cards in this Set
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Ad hominem argument |
Appeals to emotions and feeling rather than reason. Against a person |
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Allegory |
A narrative that uses characters to point out a main idea |
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Ambiguity |
A sentence with multiple meaning |
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Analogy |
A similarity or comparison to two different objects |
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Antecedent |
A personal noun like a name place or a specific object |
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Antithesis |
To say two opposite things |
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Aphorism |
Statement of authorship that expresses a general truth |
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Caricature |
An exaggerated looking picture of someone |
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Conciet |
A fancy expression in form of an extended metaphor or analogy |
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Generic conventions |
Helps to define each genre |
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Homily |
Serious talk speech or gesture |
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Infer |
To draw reasonable conclusion |
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Invective |
Emotionally violent |
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Metonymy |
One object that changes names |
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Pedantic |
An adjective that describes words phrases general tone |
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Predicate nominative |
A group of nouns that descrabe a noun |
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Prose |
Fiction and nonfiction |
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Syllogism |
A deductive system of formal logic Major minor premise and conclusion |
