ap vocab 21-60

Question 1

anaphora

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in writing or speech that deliver repetition of the first part of a sentence in order to achieve an artistic affect is known as an Afro and Africa possibly is the oldest literary device it has roots in the biblical Psalms to use emphasize curtain words or phrases

Question 2

epistrophe

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is the ride from a Greek word that means turning upon which indicates the same word return to the end of each sentence. It is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of clauses or sentences

Question 3

asynseton

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is derived from the Greek word a sentence which means unconnected it is a stylistic devices in literature and poetry to intentionally illuminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence yet maintain a grammatical accuracy

Question 4

polysyndetion

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term comes from a Greek word meaning bound together. It makes use of coordinating conjunctions like and or but and/or which are used to join success of words

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synecdoche

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A literary Device in which part of something represents a hole or maybe used to whole to represent a part

Question 6

tone

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in reading composition is an attitude of a rider towards a subject or an audience it is something important for the raider to sense and determine an argument

Question 7

process analysis

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step-by-step breakdown of the phrases of a process used to convey the details of of each phrase of thinking and operation etc.

Question 8

syntax

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set of rules in a language it dictates how words from different parts of speech or put together in order to convey a complete thought in a plain English syntax refers to how we choose to arrange our words

Question 9

provocative diction

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diction is our choice of words does provocative diction is a purposeful choice of word serving or tending to provoke excitement or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument

Question 10

classification

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The action or process of classifying something order to share qualities or characteristics this is often the strategy in argumentation

Question 11

understatement

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for example you win $10 million in the lottery when you tell the news reporter I am delighted you are making an understatement

Question 12

Colorful diction

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diction is your conscious choice of words as a writer

Question 13

counter argument

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an argument or set a reason to put forward to a pose an idea or theory developed another argument

Question 14

claim

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if somebody gives you an argument to support his or her position is called making a claim

Question 15

evidence

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type of litter device it appears in different categories of essays and thesis in forms of paraphrase and quotations is presented to persuade the reader

Question 16

warrant

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The glue that holds an argument together is linked to evidence to the claim

Question 17

pedantic

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comes from the French word to teach or act it is someone who is concerned with Percision formalism accuracy minute details in order to make an arrogant show of learning

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flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

Question 19

evocative

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do use of language that suggest meanings other than the denotative

Question 20

Syntactical inversion

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Inversion also called apostrophe in literary style and artwork is intact reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases

Question 21

apposition

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grammatical construction and two elements normally noun phrases are placed side-by-side with one element serving to identify the other in a different way

Question 22

fallacy

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and argument dependent upon and unsound or illogical content

Question 23

Logical fallacy

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In argumentation a formal fallacy also called deduct a fallacy is a pattern of reasoning thinking rendered in valid by flaw is logical structure

Question 24

prophecy

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A prediction

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Prediction

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to forecast the future

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adage

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short pointed and memorable sayings based on facts and consider the certifiable truth by the majority of people

Question 27

polemical

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relating to or involving strongly critical controversial or the specialist writing in speech

Question 28

ambiguity

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or fallacy of ambiguity is a word phrase or statement which contains more than one meaning

Question 29

archetype

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universal symbol may be a character theme symbol or setting

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function of archetype

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gives a literary work to universal acceptance as readers identify the characters and situations in their social and cultural context

Question 31

tragic flaw

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Are used to define a tray and a character leading to his

Question 32

assertion

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when someone makes a statement best strong believe in it as if it is true but maybe not

Question 33

autobiography

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One type of biography which tells a life story of its author

Question 34

memoir

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Record of memories in particular that that may have taken place in the authors life

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cumulative sentence

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Blue sentence that starts with an independent clause or main closet simply and try to provide the main idea then add subordinate elements

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Utopia

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illusionary place that gives the notation of a perfect society to the reader

Question 37

sonnet

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derive from Italian word Sonato it mean a small a little song or lyric

Question 38

round character

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in a novel play or story is complex and personality

Question 39

vernacular

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literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking

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Vernacular versus dialect

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vernacular: the use of ordinary every day in plain language and speaking or writing such as corn is a common name of a plant real name _maize

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geographical area

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A particular social class

Question 42

understatement

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figure of speech employed by a writer intentionally making a situation seem less important