AP Running notes (95-98) Flashcards
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Propaganda Deification
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An idea that is make to appear holy, sacred, and therefore above the law. Any opposite viewpoints are looked upon as treason or blasphemy.
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Conceit
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develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely, but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. A comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two thins of whose unlikeness we are strongly conscious and for this reason they are often surprising.
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Claim
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An argument that is used by the writer to support his or her position.
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Catharsis
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An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety or stress. It means cleansing.
