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31 Cards in this Set
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Ethos
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A persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator
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Eulogy
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A formal expression of praise for someone who has recently died
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Euphemism
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The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit
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Explication of text
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Explanation of a text meaning through an analysis of all its constituent parts including a literary devices use also called close reading
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Exposition
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A statement or type of composition intended to give information about an issue subject message or idea
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extended metaphor
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A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
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facts
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Information that is true
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Fallacy
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In aaron reasoning that renders an argument invalid
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false dilemma
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a fallacy of oversimplification that offers limited numbers of solutions when there are many numbers
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Figurative Language
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use of figures of speech
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Fragments
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A word phrase or clause that does not form a full sentence
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genre
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A category of artistic composition as in literature marked by its distinctive style form or contents
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Hasty generalization
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A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified but sufficient evidence
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hortatory
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Urging or strongly encouraging
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Hyperbole
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Figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect and extravagant
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Imagery
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Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses
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Imperative sentence
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A sentence that requests or commands
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Induction
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A method of reasoning from specific to general
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Inference
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Information derived by reasoning
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Invective
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denunciatory or abusive language discourse that cast blame on someone or something
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Inversion
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A sentence in which the verb preceded the subject
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Irony
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The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning statement or situation where the meaning is directly contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea
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iscolon
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And succession of phrases of approximately equal length and corresponding structure
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jargon
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Specialized language of a professional occupational or other groups often meaningless to outsiders
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Juxtaposition
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Placement of two things by by side for emphasis
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Lampoon
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Imitation in writing harsh satire directed toword an individual or thing
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litotes
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A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
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Logos
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An appeal to logic
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Loose sentence
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A sentence structure in which the main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses contrast with periodic sentence
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that I actually have something important common
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
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