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45 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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ad hominem argument
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a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument
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aesthetic
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pertaining to a sense of the beautiful
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allegory
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a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
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alliteration
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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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allusion
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a passing or casual reference
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ambiguity
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doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
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anachronism
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
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analogy
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similarity or comparability
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anaphora
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repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or
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antecedent
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prior
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aphorism
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a terse saying embodying a general truth
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apostrophe
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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present
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appeal
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an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy
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atmoshpere
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surrounding mood
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colloquial
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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather
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denotation
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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression
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deus ex machina
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any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot
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diction
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word choice
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didactic
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instructive
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digression
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a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing
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doppelganger
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ghostly double or counterpart of a living person
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive
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extended metaphor
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a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas
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figure of speech
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any expressive use of language in which words are used in other than their literal sense,
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genre
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a class or category of artistic endeavor
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homily
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sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature
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hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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inference
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making a good guess at
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invective
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vehement or violent denunciation
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juxtaposition
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comparison
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litote
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understatment
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metonymy
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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related
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motif
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recurring subject
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paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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parallelism
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agreement in direction, tendency, or character
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pedantic
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ostentatious in one's learning
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rhetoric
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the ability to use language effectively
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rhetorical question
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question not intended to be answered
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syllogism
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an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument
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synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part
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syntax
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grammar
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understatement
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to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out
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wit
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speech or writing showing such perception and expression
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zeugma
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the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way
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