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13 Cards in this Set
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Refute
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discredit an argument, particularly counterargument
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Juxtaposition |
placement of 2 things side by side for emphasis
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Aphorism
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short, astute statement of a general truth |
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Thesis Statement
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statement of central idea in a work
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Colloquialism
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conversational use of language
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Logos
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greek term that means "novel", appeal to logic
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Cumulative Sentence
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independent clause followed by subordinate clause, one phrase supplies more detail
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Syntax
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sentence structure
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Zeugma
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construction where one word modifies two or more words in a sentence
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Figure Of Speech
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expression that strives for literary effect rather than meaning
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Onomatopoeia
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formation of word based off of sound
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Aristotelian Triangle
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diagram representing rhetorical situation as relationships between speaker, subject, and audience
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Polysyndeton
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deliberate use of series of conjunctions
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