3 terms Flashcards

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

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Allusion

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2
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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines or grammatical units

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Anaphora

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3
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the use of syntactical parallelism in two adjacent phrases or clauses to emphasize their contrasting meanings

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Antithesis

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4
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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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5
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the art of portraying a character in a narrative either directly or indirectly

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Characterization

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6
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reasoning from general to specific conclusion

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deduction

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7
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instruction in literature

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didacticism

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8
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word-choice

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didactic

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9
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The movement that emulated the aesthetic of ancient Greece and Rome with adherence to rules of genre and an emphasis on clarity order decorum the rule of reason and didacticism

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Neoclassicism

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10
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the similarity in the structure of two or more phrases clauses or sentences

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Parasitism

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11
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broadly politically preserve writing more frequently persuasive writing that uses emotional appeal to bypass reason

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Propaganda

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12
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the appeal of the herd instinct or the desire to follow the crowd and “everyone is doing it” argument

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Bandwagon

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13
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a collective term for all sorts of deception

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Card Stacking

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14
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contains virtue words to make people accept or approve without examining the evidence the opposite of name-calling

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Glittering Generality

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15
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the appearance of being “plain folks among the neighbor’s politicians labor leaders businessman and other appeals to the confidence of their audience through this device

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Plain Folks

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16
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personal testimony in support of what the propagandist wants his audience to accept or unquestioningly

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Testimonial

17
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carryover of the authority, sanction, and prestige of something respected to something the propagandist wants to accepted usually through symbols

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transfer

18
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a deviation from the stand use of language mainly syntactically arrangement to achieve a specific effect`

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rhetorical figure

19
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a question asked not to receive an answer but to achieve an effect

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rhetorical question

20
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a deductive argument that begins with a general claim moves to specific claim at the end with a conclusion

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Syllogism

21
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“bad names” given to people groups behalfs and so on to make people condemn them without examining the evidence

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name-calling