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Question 1

Begging the Question

Answer 1

A logical fallacy where the believability or the evidence depends on the believability of the claim

Question 2

Casual Relationship

Answer 2

A writer asserts that one thing results from another

Question 3

Common Knowledge

Answer 3

Knowledge or beliefs shared by an author and a given audience which do not need backing to be accepted or true

Question 4

Concrete Language

Answer 4

Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places rather than ideas or qualities.

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

Meaning that is implied rather than literal

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity

Question 7

Conventional

Answer 7

Following certain traditional techniques of writing

Question 8

Cumulative

Answer 8

A sentence that presents an idea and expands on that idea with a series of details

Question 9

Deconstruction

Answer 9

A critical approach that debunks single definitions of meaning based on the instability of language (caused by multiple imprecise definitions)

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

Word choice as an element or style

Question 11

Didactic

Answer 11

Fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific moral lesson

Question 12

Dramatic Irony

Answer 12

When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between perception and reality. It is not simply an opposite

Question 13

Either /or reasoning

Answer 13

A logically fallacy where the author reduces an argument to two polar opposite positions and ignores any other alternatives

Question 14

Elliptical

Answer 14

Sentence structure that leaves out something in the second half (clauses can also be elliptical)

Question 15

Emotional Appeal

Answer 15

(Pathos) Writer uses language to purposefully shape the emotional response of the reader