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12 Cards in this Set
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Satire |
Literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea |
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Slippery slope |
series of increasingly unacceptable consequences of drawn |
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Syllogism |
Form of deduction |
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Syntax |
The way words are put together to form phrases Clauses and sentences |
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Theme |
Central or dominant side work |
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Thesis |
Focus statement of an essay |
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Tone |
Attitude towards a theme |
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Transition words |
Words and devices that bring unity and coherence |
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Trope |
Words used with a decided change or extension in their literal meaning |
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Understatement |
Puposfully downplaying a negative with obvious understatement |
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Wit |
Quickness of intellect and power to say brilliant things |
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Zeugma |
Galrammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs |
