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37 Cards in this Set
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Syntax
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Arrangement of words in the sentence to maximize effect. Can be passive v. active or simply position in sentence.
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nihilism
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Belief in nothing
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Bombastic
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Overly pompous language, Mark of pretention
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Personification
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Used to get an emotional response of humans
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Facetious
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NegativE
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Flippant
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Negative;lacking seriousness
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Irreverent
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Negative; lacking respect or seriousness
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Effusive
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Positive; overflowing emotion
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Elegiac
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Positive; ???
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Metonymy/synecdoche
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One term is substituted for another closely related one; synechdoche is specific a part is substituted for a whole.
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Aphorism
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Very short informal way of saying a general truth.
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Circumlocation
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Using many words to describe one word, or using many sentences for one.
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Inductive
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Making a conclusion from specific to general
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Deductive
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Making a conclusion from general to specific
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Ad homimin
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Attacks person, not idea
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Bathos
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Overdone, insincere sentimentality
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Hubris
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Excessive pride that affects tone
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Apollonian
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Godlike qualities of human nature
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Denouement
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Resolution at end of fiction or drama,cwhether real or imagined
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Elegy
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Laments on passing of someone
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Epigram
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Concise but witty and ingenious sentiment.
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Arch
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Clever or sly humor
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Kenning
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Name is replaced with descriptive phrase; "ring giver"
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Syllogism
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Type of deductive reasoning: one idea follows another
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False dichotomy
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Stating that there are only two extremes
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Faulty casualty
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Setting up cause effect relationship where none exists.
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Dogmatism
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Assumes persons beliefs are beyond question
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Red herring
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Shifts related issue to unrelated one
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Faulty analogy
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Really illo
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Semantics
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Technical, dry
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Invective
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Direct verbal assault
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Metaphysical
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Deals with complexities of love and life
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Maxim
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Proverb expressing common truth
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Lyrical prose
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Reveals author's thoughts and feelings about subjects through persona reflective prose
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Deus ex machina
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Use of artificial device/gimmick to solve problem
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Burlesque
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Meant to ridicule subject; grotesque imitation
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Litotes
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Negative of the country used to convey intensity.
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