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19 Cards in this Set
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• Analogy:
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A comparison between two things
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• Literal analogy:
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A comparison between two similar things
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• Figurative analogy:
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A comparison between two essentially dissimilar things that share some common feature on which the comparison depends.
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• Statistics:
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Numerical data that summarize facts or samples
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• Primary source:
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The original collector and interpreter of information or data
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• Secondary source:
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An individual, organization, or publication that reports information or data gathered by another entity
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• Opinion:
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A statement expressing an individual’s attitudes, beliefs, or values
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• Expert testimony:
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An opinion offered by someone who is an authority on a subject
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• Lay testimony:
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An opinion or description offered by a non expert who has firsthand experience.
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• Literary quotation:
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An opinion or description by a writer who speaks in memorable and often poetic way
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• Illustration:
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A story or anecdote that provides an example of an idea, issue, or problem a speaker is discussing.
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• Brief illustration:
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An unelaborated example, often only a sentence or two long
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• Extended illustration:
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A detailed example
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• Hypothetical illustration:
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An example that might happen but that has not actually occurred
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• Description:
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A word picture of something
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• Explanation:
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A statement that makes clear how something is done or why it existed in its past form.
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• Definition:
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A statement about what a term means or how it is applied in a specific instance.
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• Definition by classification:
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A “dictionary definition,” constructed by first placing a term in the general class to which it belongs and then differentiating it from all other members that class
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• Operational definition:
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A statement that shows how something works or what it does.
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