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9 Cards in this Set
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Antithesis
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sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words.
"To err is human, to forgive divine" |
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Asyndeton
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conjunctions are omitted in a series, creating a more rapid read
"I came, I saw, I conquered" |
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Deductive Reasoning
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movement from general principals to specific instances
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Inductive Reasoning
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movement from specific to general
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Rhetoric
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art of writing
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Denotation
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literal meaning of a word
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Hubris
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excessive pride
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Literary License
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Creativity and freedom with words
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Rhetorical Devices
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Devices used in presenting an argument
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