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25 Cards in this Set
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Argument |
a disagreement between two opposite views,usually a heated one. |
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Persuasion |
Make someone believe in what you believe. |
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Claim
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To ask for something on the due date |
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Support |
Something or someone that makes you keep on moving forward. |
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Appeal |
make a serious or urgent request,typically to the public
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Moral |
to learn a lesson from past mistakes
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Exaggeration |
making false statements about what it really is.
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Fable |
a short fiction story usually with talking animals and wanting the reader to learn a lesson.
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Epic |
a long poem,typically one derived from ancient oral tradition,narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
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Theme |
The lesson of a story |
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Legend |
a traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
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Myth |
a story usually including fictional events.
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Mood |
a temporary state of mind or feeling.
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Cultural values |
the values of a society can often be identified by nothing which people receive honor or respect.
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Tall tale |
a tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements,related as if it were true and factual.
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Testimonial |
A formal statement testifying to someone’s character and qualifications:noun
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Loaded language |
Wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or facts:the author uses loaded language to persuade the readers/audience to buy his product.
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Ad hominem |
(of an argument or reaction)directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining:adverb and adjective
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Band wagon |
a fallacy that creates the appeal that majority opinions and actions are always correct:the author used a bandwagon to make me think that.
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Stereo typing |
View or represent as a stereotype
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Science fiction |
Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advantages and major social or environmental changes,frequently portraying space or Time travel and life on other planets:the genre of the book was science fiction.
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Conflict |
A serious disagreement or argument typically a protracted one:the best part of the story was the conflict.
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Foreshadowing |
Be a warning or indication of(a future event):we were able to foreshadow what may come.
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Dialogue |
The conversation between two or more characters in the story:he gave us our script so we could learn our dialogue.
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Stage directions |
An instruction in the text of a play,especially one indicating the movement position,or tone of an actor,or the sound effects and lighting:the stage directions told the actors were to be on the stage
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