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20 Cards in this Set
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oxymoron
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"jumbo shrimp"
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paradox
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self-condtradictory
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parallelism
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"beside one another"
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parody
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closely imitates the style
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pedantic
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adjective that describes words
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periodic sentence
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presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
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personification
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author presents or describes concepts
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point of view
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perspective from which a story is told
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prose
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fiction and nonfiction
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repetition
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duplication
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rhetoric
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art of writing effectively
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rhetorical modes
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describes the major kinds of writing
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sarcasm
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bitter or caustic language
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satire
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targets human vices
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semantics
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studies the meaning of the words
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style
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sum of choice
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subject complement
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the word that follows a linking verb
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subordinate clause
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both subject and verb... not alone
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syllogism
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inevitably lead to a sound conclusion
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symbol
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represents itself and stands for something else
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