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30 Cards in this Set
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rhetoric
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the art of using words persuasively and effectively in writing or speaking
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redundancy
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wordiness, needless repetition.
ex. in my opinion, i think |
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malapropism
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ridiculous misuse of a word for another one that sounds like it
ex. i 'm going to hit the gay i'm going to hit the hay! |
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euphemism
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a mild expression substituted for a distasteful one
ex. a morals charge to rape |
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triteness
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dullness in expression or content, lack of freshness and creativity
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acronym
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a word made up from initial letters
ex. MADD (mothers against drunk driving) |
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antonym
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word with opposite meaning
ex. fast and slow |
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homonym
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word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning and usually different spelling
ex. red and read |
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concreteness
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quality of being specific and or referring to particular things
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conotation
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the suggestionness and emotional associations of a word, apart from the denotation, or literal meaning
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prose
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writing or speech which is not poetry. most commuication whether of newspapers, magazines, or conversation- is ___________
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exposition
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writing which explains, or informs
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precis
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a short condensed version of a peice of writing
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plagiarism
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copying the language or ideas of another author and presenting them as one's own/ including lifting of phrases and sentances from research sources or using quotes
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paraphrase
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to restate a passage in different words
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ellipsis
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the omission of words, as from quoted material, usually indicated by three dots or aserisks
ex. but... |
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begging the question
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assuming what has yet to be proved
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post hoc
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assuming the one thing caused another merely because it happened earlier
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ad hominem
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appealing to a person's prejudices or selfish interests rather than to his reason, attacking an opponent rather than sticking to the issue
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non sequitur
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a conclustion that does not follow from the evidence presented
it does not follow |
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bandwagon device
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persuasion to join the popular or winning side
ex. to climb abord the bandwagon |
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faulty dilemma
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the offering of only two alternatives, when more than two exist
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analogy
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an extended comparison to clarify an idea, a comparison of things which are a like in certain ways and therefore presumably alike in other ways
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socratic irony
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the device of pretending nto be ignorant and asking question in order to trap the opponent into obvious error
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fragment
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an incomplete sentancef
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comma splice
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the use of a comma between main clauses where a period or semicolon should be used
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infinitive
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a verbal form that consists of usually of to plus a verb, as to walk
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participle
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a verbal adjective
ex. flying in a battered plane, i had some frightened moments. flying battered and frightening are the __________- |
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parallelism
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similiarity of grammatical structure given to similar ideas
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idiom
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an accepted phrase that is contrary to the usual language pattern
ex. catch a cold, pick a fight |
