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19 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
Shared sort of ideas, customs, skills, attitudes, achievements. |
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Synthesis |
The art of combining ideas from different sources to create, express or support a new idea |
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Perspective |
A way of looking at the world or a mental concept about things or events, one that judges relationships. |
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Argument |
A form of writing that presents a particular opinion or idea and supports it with evidence. |
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Claim |
A postion statement that asserts an idea or makes an argument for a specific position. |
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Counter claim |
a position taken by someone with an opposing view point |
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Concession |
an admission in an argument that the opposing side has a valid point
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Refutation |
the reasoning used to disprove and opposing point
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Voice
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the way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas as well as his or her personal opinion. |
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Syntax |
The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements. |
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Conflict |
A struggle or problem in a story |
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Theme |
A writer's central idea or main message about life. |
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Thematic statement |
An interpretive statement articulating the central meaning or message of a text. |
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Allusion |
A reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, art or another literary work. |
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Symbol |
Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else or a figurative level. |
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Image |
A word or phrase that appears to one or more of the five senses and creates a picture. |
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Figurative language |
Imaginative language or figure of speech not meant to be taken literally. |
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Attitude/ tones |
Writers or speakers attitude toward a subject, character, or audience. |
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Cultural Conflict |
A struggle that occurs when people with different cultural expectation or attitude interact. |
