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22 Cards in this Set
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Apposition
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a noun is placed with another as an explanation
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archetype
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a perfect example
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apparatus
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equipment or group of machines
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chiasmus
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inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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cogent
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convincing
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gesticulating
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making gesters while speeking
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hypothetical
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exsisting only as an assumption
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lexicon
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a dictionary
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metonymy
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type of figuritve language in which one term is subsituted with another term which is closly associated
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oxymoron
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an apparent contradiction of terms
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panegyric
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statement of high praise
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paradigm
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an example or model
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parallelism
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two identical syntactic constructions are used
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period
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long complex gramatically correct sentence
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pernicious
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causing great harm
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phenomenon
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an unusual observable event
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rational
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logical
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propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances
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sardonic
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ironically humorus
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syllogism
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a form of deductive reasoning
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synedoche
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restricted to cases where a part is used as a whole
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theoretical
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lacking application
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