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14 Cards in this Set
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Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but cannot be seen. The opposite of abstract terms is concrete.
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Abstract
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A casual reference to some famous literary work, historical figure or event.
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Allusion
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A word or an expression having two or more possible meanings is said to be ambiguous.
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Ambiguity
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A comparison that attempts to explain one idea or thing y likening it to another.
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Analogy
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A writer's attempt to convince the reader of a point. It is based on appeals to reason, evidence proving the argument and sometimes emotion to persuade.
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Argumentation
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A word of expression acceptable in formal usage but inappropriate in formal discourse. A given word may have a standard as well as a colloquial meaning.
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Colloquialism
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The implication or emotional overtones of a word rather than its literal meaning.
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Connotation
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Something inferred or concluded. Deductive reasoning moves from the general to the specific.
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Deduction
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The specific and literal meaning of a word as found in the dictionary.
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Denotation
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The choice of words a writer uses in an essay or other writing. Implicit in the idea of diction is a vast vocabulary of synonyms-words that more or less equivalent meanings.
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Diction
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A form of reasoning that proceeds from specific instances to a general inference or conclusion
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Induction
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The use of language in such a way that apparent meaning contrasts sharply with real meaning.
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Irony
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A figurative image that implies a similarity between things otherwise dissimilar.
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Metaphor
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The perspective from which a piece of writing is developed. In nonfiction the point of view is usually the author's In fiction the point can be first- or third-person.
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Point of View
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