English Midterm

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attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by style

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tone

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word choice

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diction

Front 3

ordering of words in a sentence

Back 3

syntax

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stance revealed by the style and tone of writing

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point of view

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describes what the whole essay is about in a sentence

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thesis

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process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated

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verbal irony

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situation that runs contrary to what is expected

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situational irony

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words and actions of the characters have different meanings

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dramatic irony

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apparent contradiction of ideas and statements

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paradox

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repeating phrases to make a point

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parallelism

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refers to writer's self presentation; their credibility

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ethos

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appeals to the audience's emotions

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pathos

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words, facts, contents of message

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logos

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and, or, for, nor, so, but, yet

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coordinating conjunctions

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before a dependent clause, attaches dependent and independent clauses.

ex.- If you eat your dinner, I will give you dessert.

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subordinating conjuctions

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both...and
not...but
not only...but also
either...or
neither...nor
whether...or
as...as

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correlative conjuctions

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attacks the speaker or writer rather than their argument

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ad hominem

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question whose answer is obvious

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rhetorical question

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no logical connection between 2 statements. doesn't answer the question asked

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non sequitur

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word that represents something other than itself

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symbol

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concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth; wise saying

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aphorism

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refers to personal experience

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anecdotal evidence

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character or setting that represents moral qualities

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allegory

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attempts to shift attention away from an important issue by introducing and issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand

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red herring

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everyone's doing it

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bandwagon

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general applicablity, which applies to all things in a category.

ex.- All A are B.

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major premise

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particular case

ex.- C is A

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minor premise

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based on major and minor premise

ex.- C is B.

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conclusion

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reference back to another piece of work that the reader is assumed to know

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allusion

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the art of language

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rhetoric

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using something to compare something else

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analogy

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word with a lot of impact and power. has an emotional response

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charged word

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attempts to persuade dishonestly

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pathetic fallacy

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vast range of other meanings that words suggest

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connotation

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refers to the word's primary or literal significance

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denotation

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overstatement or exaggeration

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hyperbole

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compares two things without using like or as

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metaphor

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predicts what will happen next

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foreshadow

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conclusions drawn from information given

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inference

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apparent contradiction of terms

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oxymoron

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a part is used to signify the whole

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synecdoche

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person or thing doing an action

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subject

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action being done

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verb

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any form of "to be", 5 sense, seems, appears

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linking verb

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receiver of action(answers who/what after verb)

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direct object

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to or for whom something is done

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indirect object

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noun or pronoun after preposition

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object of a preposition

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adjective following a linking verb

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predicate adjective

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noun/pronoun following a linking verb

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predicate nominative

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write

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present

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wrote

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past tense

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will write

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future tense

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is writing

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present progressive

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was writing

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past progressive

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will be writing

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future progressive

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present perfect

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has written

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past perfect

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had written

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future perfect

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will have written

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present perfect progressive

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has been writing

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past perfect progressive

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had been writing

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future perfect progressive

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will have been writing

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future conditional

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would write

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sentence with a subject and a verb

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simple sentence

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two independent clauses usually connected with a conjunction

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compound sentence

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dependent and independent clauses

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complex sentence

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non which renames another noun right beside it.

ex.- the insect, a cockroach

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appositive

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verb used as a noun. "ing"

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gerund

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sentence with a subject and verb

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complete

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consists of two or more main clauses that are run together without proper punctuation

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run-on

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groups of words that are punctuated but lack some element necessary to an independent clause

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fragment

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sentence that can stand on its own

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independent clause

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sentence that cannot stand on its own

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dependent clause

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makes a statement

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declarative

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ends with an exclamation point

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exclamatory

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command

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imperative

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asks a question

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interrogative

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Thomas ate the apple.

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active

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The apple was eaten by Thomas.

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passive