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78 Cards in this Set
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attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by style
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tone
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word choice
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diction
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ordering of words in a sentence
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syntax
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stance revealed by the style and tone of writing
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point of view
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describes what the whole essay is about in a sentence
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thesis
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process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated
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verbal irony
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situation that runs contrary to what is expected
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situational irony
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words and actions of the characters have different meanings
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dramatic irony
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apparent contradiction of ideas and statements
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paradox
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repeating phrases to make a point
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parallelism
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refers to writer's self presentation; their credibility
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ethos
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appeals to the audience's emotions
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pathos
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words, facts, contents of message
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logos
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and, or, for, nor, so, but, yet
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coordinating conjunctions
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before a dependent clause, attaches dependent and independent clauses.
ex.- If you eat your dinner, I will give you dessert. |
subordinating conjuctions
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both...and
not...but not only...but also either...or neither...nor whether...or as...as |
correlative conjuctions
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attacks the speaker or writer rather than their argument
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ad hominem
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question whose answer is obvious
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rhetorical question
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no logical connection between 2 statements. doesn't answer the question asked
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non sequitur
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word that represents something other than itself
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symbol
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concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth; wise saying
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aphorism
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refers to personal experience
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anecdotal evidence
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character or setting that represents moral qualities
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allegory
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attempts to shift attention away from an important issue by introducing and issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand
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red herring
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everyone's doing it
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bandwagon
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general applicablity, which applies to all things in a category.
ex.- All A are B. |
major premise
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particular case
ex.- C is A |
minor premise
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based on major and minor premise
ex.- C is B. |
conclusion
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reference back to another piece of work that the reader is assumed to know
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allusion
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the art of language
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rhetoric
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using something to compare something else
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analogy
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word with a lot of impact and power. has an emotional response
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charged word
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attempts to persuade dishonestly
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pathetic fallacy
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vast range of other meanings that words suggest
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connotation
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refers to the word's primary or literal significance
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denotation
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overstatement or exaggeration
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hyperbole
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compares two things without using like or as
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metaphor
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predicts what will happen next
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foreshadow
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conclusions drawn from information given
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inference
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apparent contradiction of terms
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oxymoron
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a part is used to signify the whole
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synecdoche
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person or thing doing an action
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subject
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action being done
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verb
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any form of "to be", 5 sense, seems, appears
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linking verb
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receiver of action(answers who/what after verb)
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direct object
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to or for whom something is done
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indirect object
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noun or pronoun after preposition
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object of a preposition
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adjective following a linking verb
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predicate adjective
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noun/pronoun following a linking verb
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predicate nominative
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write
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present
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wrote
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past tense
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will write
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future tense
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is writing
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present progressive
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was writing
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past progressive
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will be writing
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future progressive
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present perfect
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has written
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past perfect
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had written
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future perfect
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will have written
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present perfect progressive
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has been writing
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past perfect progressive
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had been writing
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future perfect progressive
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will have been writing
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future conditional
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would write
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sentence with a subject and a verb
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simple sentence
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two independent clauses usually connected with a conjunction
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compound sentence
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dependent and independent clauses
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complex sentence
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non which renames another noun right beside it.
ex.- the insect, a cockroach |
appositive
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verb used as a noun. "ing"
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gerund
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sentence with a subject and verb
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complete
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consists of two or more main clauses that are run together without proper punctuation
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run-on
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groups of words that are punctuated but lack some element necessary to an independent clause
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fragment
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sentence that can stand on its own
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independent clause
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sentence that cannot stand on its own
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dependent clause
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makes a statement
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declarative
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ends with an exclamation point
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exclamatory
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command
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imperative
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asks a question
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interrogative
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Thomas ate the apple.
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active
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The apple was eaten by Thomas.
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passive
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