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10 Cards in this Set
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syllogism
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deductive system of formal logic that presents 2 premises (major and minor) which leads to a conclusion)
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irony
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contrast between what is said and what is meant: verbal, situational and dramatic.
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satire
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targets human follies or social conventions for ridicule
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sarcasm
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bitter caustic language meant to hurt/ridicule someone or something
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style
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choices in diction tone and syntax that a writer makes
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synecdoche
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a part of a thing that stands for the whole
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allegory
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using characters/story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning
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anecdote
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brief recounting of a relevent episode used to develop a point or number into text
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onomatopoeia
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figure of speech which natural sounds are imitated
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litotes
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steep understatement or ironic minimizing of fact
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