77-94 Flashcards

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Hubris

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Excessive pride

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Humanism

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A belief that emphasizes faith

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hyperbole

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an over exaggerated expression

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idyll

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A lyric poem or passage that describes an ideal life

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image

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A word representing something that can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, etc

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Indirect Qutotation

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A quotation that isnt directly stated but is paraphrased

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7
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inductive reasoning

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When a number of specific facts are used to make a generalization

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inference

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A conclusion arrived at by considering facts

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9
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invective

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A direct verbal assult

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irony

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when the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated

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kenning

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when the name of a thing is replaced with one of its functions

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lampoon

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A mocking assult on a person

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litotes

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A form of understandment

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loose sentence

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Follows the customary word order of English sentences

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lyrical prose

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reflective pose that reveals speakers thoughts and feelings about a subject

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malapropism

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when an appropriate word is replaced with an innapropriate meaning

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maxim

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a saying expressing common truth

18
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melodrama

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a literary form where events are exaggerated to create an emotional response