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17 Cards in this Set
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evocation (of place)
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Creation anew through the power of the memory (a place)
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ellipsis
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some material has been omitted |
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exhortative
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Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise.
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ad hoc (argument)
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For the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other
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periodic sentence
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presents its main clause at the end of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety, preceded by phrases, dependent clauses
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compound-complex sentence
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A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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exposition
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background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed
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denotation
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literal or dictionary meaning of a word
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ad hominem
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in an argument, attack on the person rather on opponent's ideas
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epigraph
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a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example
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deduction
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process of moving from a general rule to a specific example
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connotation
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interpretive level of a word based on its associated images, contrast with denotation
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induction
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process of moving from a given series of specifics to a generalization
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invective
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a verbally abusive attack
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reductio ad absurdum
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comic effect, argumentative technique
indirect prove of a proposition disproven by following its implications logically to an absurd consequence |
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syllogism
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Logic A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion.
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syntax
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grammatical structure of prose and poetry
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