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23 Cards in this Set
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anaphora |
repitition of a word or phrase at the beginning for rhetorical or poetic events |
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antithesis |
parallel contraction |
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asyndeton |
the admission of conjunction phrases, clauses, and words |
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juxstaposition |
2 or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or poem for the purpose of developing comparisons or contrasts |
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archaic diction |
old fashion words |
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argument |
a process of reason inquiry, a persuasive discourse in a coherent and considered movement from a claim to a conclusion |
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circular reasoning |
a mistaken belief in which the argument in which the argument repeats repeats what theyre trying to emulate |
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deduction |
the process of logic in which a thinker takes a rule for a large, general category and assumes that specific, individual examples fitting in that general category obey the same rule |
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diction |
a speakers choice of word that speaks in their message |
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hortative sentence |
a sentence urging to some course of conduct or action, authority, encouragement |
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induction |
the logical assumption of which what is true for a single specimen or example is also true for other specimens or examples of the same type. |
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irony |
words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of their words |
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logical fallacies |
an error in reasoning that renders an argument invlaidp |
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metonymy |
replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated |
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parallelism |
the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same in their construction, sound. |
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oxymoron |
2 opposite ideas are joined to create an effect |
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paradox |
contrary to expectations, existing belief, or percieved opinion |
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polysyndeton |
a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjuctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect |
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zeugma |
a figure of speech in which a verb or an adj., applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas |
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satire |
exposes and criticizes foolishness or corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, or exxageration or ridicule |
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syllogism |
a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general which draws conclusion |
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syntax |
the arrangement of words |
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tone |
attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; through choice of words or viewpoint of the writer on a particular subject |
