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15 Cards in this Set
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From the Greek for “orator,” this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and
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Rhetoric
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A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way.
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Satire
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From the Greek meaning “to tear flesh,” involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule
someone or something. |
Sarcasm
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A deductive scheme of a formal arguement consisting of a major premise and a conclsion.
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Syllogism
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A person, object, action, or idea that points beyond its own meaning toward greater and more complex meanings.
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Symbolism
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A writers worde choice, tone, degree of formality, figurative language, rhythm, grammatical structure, sentence length, organization.
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Style
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This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. The
four most common (often referred to as “modes of discourse”) are as follows: |
Rhetorical Modes
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The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their
connotations, and their relation to one another. |
Semantics
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The word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or
completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it (the predicate nominative) or (2) describing it (the predicate adjective). |
Subject Complement
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An adj. that follows be or a stative verb.
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Predicate adj.
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The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term which is the predicate of the conclusion.
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Major premise
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The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term which is the subject of the conclusion.
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Minor premise
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A clause that cant be used on its own in a sentence. Must be used with a main clause.
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Subordinate clause
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A noun or pronoun which follows the verb an describes or renames the subject. Another way of renaming the subject.
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Predicate Nominate
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valid only if each of the two premises is valid.
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Syllogism (conclusion)
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