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10 Cards in this Set
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Abstract
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a brief synposis of a work of research
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Abstract Terms
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represent ideas or thoughts; generalities
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Ad hominem argument
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an argument which attacks the other person instead of their argument
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Adage
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a saying or proverb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience
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Ambiguity
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the state of having more than one meaning
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Anachronism
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the incorporation of an event, scene, or person who does not correspond with the time portrayed in the book
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Anagram
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a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another
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Alexandrine
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a verse with six iambic feet (Sir Edmund Spenser)
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Allegory
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a story or desrciption that has a second meaning; an extended metaphor where characters are personifications of abstract qualities
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Alliteration
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the repetition of one or more initial consonant sounds
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