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12 Cards in this Set
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Ethos |
the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.
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Pathos |
a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
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Logos |
the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John with the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ |
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Loaded Language |
In rhetoric, loaded language (also known as loaded terms or emotivelanguage) is wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes. Such wording is also known as high-inference language or language persuasive techniques. |
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Pacifists |
a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. |
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Syntax |
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. |
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Allusion |
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |
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Alliteration |
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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Analogy |
a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. |
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Metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
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Simile |
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
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Symbolism |
In literature, symbolism can take many forms including: A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story
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