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20 Cards in this Set
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Anthropomorphism
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giving human-like characteristics to objects, animals, or nature
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Archetype
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perfect example
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Gesticulating |
making gestures while speaking |
"welcome quests" |
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Hypothetical |
an assumption or speculation |
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Phenomenon |
an unusual event |
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Propitious |
favorable |
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Sardonic |
disdainfully humorous |
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Syllogism |
a form of deductive reasoning |
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Non sequitur |
a statement that doesn't relate logically to what comes before it |
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Equivocation |
vague, elusive, indirect |
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Anachronism |
something out of place in time or sequence |
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Chiasmus |
an inversion in the second of 2 parallel pharases |
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Lexicon |
a dictionary |
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Metonymy |
one term substituted for another term with which it is closely related |
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Panegyric |
statement of high praise |
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Paradigm |
an example or model |
"you a dime" ;) |
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Pernicious |
harmful |
sounds scary |
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Synecdoche |
a part used to signify the whole |
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Dichotomy |
contrast, contradiction |
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Incongruous |
inconsistent, inappropriate |
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