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108 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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a story in people, places, etc. represent a generalization or idea about life
"allegedly" |
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Alliteration
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Soothes Sore Cyclers
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ambiguity
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can be interpreted in different ways
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anadiplosis
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repitition of last word to first word.
"Anna dips roses. Roses so sweet." |
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analogy
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one thing is like another, implies that they are similar in other ways as well.
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anaphora
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repetition of beginning word.
"Pho me. Pho you. Pho ra." |
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Anecdote
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a short summary of a humorous event; a story.
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Antagonist
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Evil
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Antistrophe
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Repetition of end word.
"Anti-anaphora." |
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Antithesis
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Parallelism with antagonistic phrases.
"It was the best of times, it was the wort of times." |
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allusion
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a reference to something
"He alluded to..." |
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aphorism
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A terse statement or dogma attributed to an individual.
"The world is full of -isms. -R. Hancock " |
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apology
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"apology~" (sarcastic) a written piece to defend a writer's opinion.
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aposiopesis
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a sentence left suggestively incomplete.
"a pose of pieces" |
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apostrophe
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when a thing, place, idea, or dead person is addressed as if they are present. "Apostrophe "s", you were the bane of my childhood."
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archetype
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a basic form that is copied, the basic characters and personalities.
"a prototype" |
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assonance
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repetition of vowels.
"long, wrong, pong, strong, etc." |
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bathos
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when a writer, trying to sound sublime, overreaches themselves and sounds absurd. a common statement after an extravagent one.
"Oh, you blasphemous fool! Of course I use a feather pen" |
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bildungsroman
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the following of a character through life.
"Belgariad" |
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black humor
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dark humor
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bombast
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inflated, extravagant language
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burlesque
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distortion and exageration evoke ridicule.
lowering of something serious: Low burlesque glorifying something common: High burlesque |
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Caesura
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a pause in a line of poetry to mimic natural speech
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Caricature
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exaggeration and distortion of figure
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Catharsis
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emotional release through art
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Chiasmus
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when words are repeated in reverse order.
"Fair is foul and foul is fair." |
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Cliche
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a worn-out phrase or expression
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comic relief
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the use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensily tragic moments
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conflict
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the problem or struggle of a story
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connotation
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the layers of meaning associated with a word
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consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds following different vowels
"made/wood, creak/croak, rock/brake" |
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convention
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the customary features of a literary work or genre; rules in literature
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context
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the set of facts or circumstances surrounding an situation
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denotation
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the dictionary definition of a word
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denouement
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the events following the climax, the resolution
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diatribe
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a violent on a person or work
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diction
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an author's choice of words
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didactic
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literature the instructs or presents a moral statement
"That article on morals" |
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direct address
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the writer addresses the reader directly
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epic
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a long narrative poem
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Epiphany
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when a character suddenly understands the essence of a situation
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Epithet
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a word or phrase used in place a a person's name that describes them "Miss Goody-Two-Shoes"
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Ethos
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A speaker or writer's credibility
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Euphemism
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the substitution of a mild and pleasant expression for a harsh or blunt one
"passed gas vs. fart" |
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Fable
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a short, simple story that teaches a lesson
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Farce
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a low comedy that employs highly ridiculous situations
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Local color
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details that are common to a certain region
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Foil
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a character that serves to contrast another character
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irony
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dramatic irony: reader knows something the character doesn't
Verbal irony: saying one thing and meaning another situational irony: what occurs is drastically different than what is expected |
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Juxtaposition
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the placing of two object in close relationship, often to contrast them
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Logos
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The logic of a piece of writing
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Malapropism
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when two words become jumbled in a speaker's mind
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Metafiction
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novels that specifically and self-consciously examine the nature of fiction itself
"The things they carried" |
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Metonymy
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the substitution of one word for another that is closely related to it
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Meter
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regularized
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Mimesis
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the representation of reality in fiction
"mimicking" |
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Mood
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the feeling a work of literature arouses
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Motif
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a recurrent idea or image in a work of literature that unifies the work
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Mythopoesis
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the creation of a myth
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neologism
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a made-up word
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oxymoron
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juxtaposes two opposite/contrasting thing
"living death, wise fool" |
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Paralipsis
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When a speaker says they won't discuss something, and them they go on to do it
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pastiche
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copying a master's style
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periphrasis
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"to speak around", using elevated language and redundancy
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polyphonic
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"many-voiced" Includes several or more viewpoints
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satire
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a literary work that mocks and criticizes behavior
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synecdoche
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the substitution of a part for the whole
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tone
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author's attitude towards their subject
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tricolon
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parallelism with three connected clauses.
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faulty generalization
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a generalization based on too little evidence
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oversimplification
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providing an overly simple solution to a complex problem
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Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
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the false idea that becuase one thing happened after another, it was caused by that thing
"after this, therefore because of this." |
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Begging the Question
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assuming something that has not been proven
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Non Sequitur
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"it does not follow"
implying a connection between two things that aren't related |
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Either-Or Reasoning (False Dichotomy)
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presenting only two options where many are possibility
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Ad Hominem Reasoning
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"to the man"
attacking a person for the issue instead of the issue itself. |
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Bandwagon
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because everyone's doing it, it must be true
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persuasive argument
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focuses on emotion
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logical argument
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appeals to the mind
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Informational Argument;
Exploratory Argument |
Didactic; presenting both sides of an argument to educate the reader
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Focused Argument;
Traditional Argument |
advocating one side of the issue
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Action-Oriented Argument
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Meant to inspire the reader to action
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Quiet or Subtle Argument
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appears informational , but "Unconsciously" shapes the reader's opinion
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Reconciliation Argument
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Seeks to find agreement in an issue
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Assertion
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the thesis the writer presents
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Assumption
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something the author assumes the reader knows or agrees with
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Concession
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The granting of minor points to support your own argument by acknowledging the other side
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Deduction
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Presenting the general statement and unpacking the reasons
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Induction
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Starting inside the point with examples that lead to the conclusion
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Logical fallacies
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an error in reasoning
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Premise
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a implied rule or generalization in an argument
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Refutation
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counteracting an argument
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Strategy
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the tactics of the writer
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Syllogism
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an argument that gives a major premise, then a minor premise, and the conclusion
"All trees that lose leaves are deciduous Maple trees lose their leaves Maple trees must be deciduous" |
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Narration
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writing that tells a story
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Description
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writing that describes
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Illustration/exemplification
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using examples to make a generalization more concrete
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Process Analysis
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Didactice, seeks to instruct
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Compare/contrast
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comparing two different things
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Division/Classification
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organizes an argument by splitting it into different components
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Definition
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identifies qualities of something
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Cause/effect
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why something happened and what might happen
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Argumentation
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writing to convince
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Slippery Slope
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Exaggerating consequences to scare readers
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Red Herring
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Attempting to distract from an important issue by introducing one without a logical connection
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Straw Man
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attacking an argument that's not actually being made (another way to deflect from something at stake, red herring)
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Equivocation
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Presenting the "truth", but not all of it. ("technically speaking...")
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Dogmatism
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implying that your position is the only rational or acceptable one among the community
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