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25 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence |
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Allusion |
A reference that recalls another work |
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Anaphora |
The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic line, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs |
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Antimetabole |
The repetition of words in successive clauses but in transposed grammatically order |
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Antithesis |
An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim |
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Archetype |
A perfect example;an original pattern or model |
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Asyndeton |
The deliberate omission of conjunction from a series of related independent clauses |
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Connotation |
The moods/associations/implications of a word of phrase |
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Denotation |
The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word |
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Diction |
The particular words an author uses in an essay |
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Ethos |
Appeal based on the character of the speaker |
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Ethos |
One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Artistotle |
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Euphemism |
To use a safer or nicer word for something other find inappropriate or unappealing |
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Irony |
The use of language to suggest the opposite of literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected |
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Jargon |
A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people |
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Juxtaposition |
Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite |
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Logos |
Appeal based on logic or reason |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something know |
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Figurative language |
Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't logical |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration |
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Pathos |
An appeal to emotion |
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Polysyndeton |
The use of consecutive coordinating conjuction even when they are not needed |
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Rhetoric |
The art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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Satire |
Use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or fully |
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Syntax |
The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentence |
