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25 Cards in this Set
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catalyst
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an agent for change..causes something to happen
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ephiphany
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sudden realization
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infer
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a fact you derive from information
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allusion
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reference to moie, book, newspaper, quote- something the reader should recognize
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ethos
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ethical appeal to audience
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pathos
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emotional appeal to audience
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hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration
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cliche metaphor
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"raining cats and dogs"
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concrete imagery
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easily interpreted, clear imeragy
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banal
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commonplace; boring
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bias
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one sided, giving facts but putting in opinion
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concrete
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tangible
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abstract
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non-tangible
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jargon
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vocab specific to a profession
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parody
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funny, immitation
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orthodoxy
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belief
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euphenism
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way of describing something in a nice way that is bad
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cliche
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overused expression
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synthesis
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uniting parts into a whole
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etymology
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evolution and origin of a word
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enthymeme
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argument in brief
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antithesis
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opposite of your thesis. Proves thesis is arguable
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deduction
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proceeds from a general premisie or assumption to a specific conclusion
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inductive
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proceeds from individual observations to a more general conclusion and uses no strict form.
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syllogism
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consists of a major premise, which is a general statement, a minor premise and a conclusion
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