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APL Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

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abstract

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refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.

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allegory

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an extented narrative inprove or verse in which characters, events and settings represent abstract quallities and in which th ewriter intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story.

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anecode

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a short, simple narrativeof an incident

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annotation

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exploratory notes

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antithesis

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presentation of 2 contrasting images

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aphorism

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a short, often witty statement of a priciple or a truth about life

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apostrophe

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usually in poetry but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead or absent person or to a place thing or personified abstraction

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argumentation

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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments

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cacophony,dissonance

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harsh akward or dissonant sounds used deliberatley in peotry or prose

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caricature

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descriptive writingthat greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons apperance or personality

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colloguialism

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a word or phrase including slang used in everyday conversation and informal writing

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coherence

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unity quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea

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concrete language

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language that describes specific observational things, people, or places rather than ideas or qualities.

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connotation

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inplied meaning of a word

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consonance

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repitition od identical consonant sounds

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conundrum

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a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun

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deduction

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process of moving from a general rule to a specic example

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penotation

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literal meaning of a word

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description

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picturing in words

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diction

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word choice, element of style, creates tone.

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didactic

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writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach

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discourse

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spoken or written language including literary works

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emotional appeal

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pathos-when a writer appeals to readers emotions

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ethical appeal

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ethos when a writer tries to appeal to persuade the audience to respect and believe him/her based on a presentation

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euphony

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a succession of harmonious sounds used in peotry or prose

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example

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an inividual instance taken to be representative

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explication

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the art of interpreting the meaning of a text

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Exposition

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The immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot; also explanation one of for modes of discourse.

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Generization

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when a writter bases a clainm upon an isolated example or exerpt that a claim is certain rather than preobable.

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Genre

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type of literary work or sub genre such as science fiction

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humor

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amything causing laugher or amuzment

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Hyperbole

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deliberate exageration

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image

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word or words either figurative or literal, sensory experience or an object proceived by a sence.

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connecting

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readers process of relating content of literary work to their own knowledge

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connotation

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idea and feeling associated with a word

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consonance

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repitition of consonant sounds anywhere within line of poetry ALLITERATION is a specific kind of this

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context clues

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hints or suggestions that may surround unfamiliar words or phrases and clarify their meaning.

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contrast

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process of pointing out diffrences between things

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coupolet

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rymed pair of lines in a poem

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Denotation

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opposite of connotation . exact dictionary meaning of a word

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denoument

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see plot

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dialect

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conversation between characters in a drama

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drama

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a form of liturature performed by actors (play)

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jargon

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special language of a proffession or group

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logical appeal; logos

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persuade audience by statistics facts and reason

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lyrical;song like

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characterized by emotions subjectivity and imagination

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mode

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meth or form of a literary work.

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mood.

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similar to tone . emotional attitude of a work

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narrative

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telling a story in any form of liturature.

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objectivity

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an impersonal presentation of events and characters

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parallelism

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the technique of arranging words phrases and clauses or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form

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parody

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a work that ridicules the style of another work bby imulating and exaagerating its elements.

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pathetic appeal; pathos

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when a writter tries to persuade the auidience by appealing to their emotions.

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pedantic

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a term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing

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persuauion

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a form of argumentation one of four modes of discourse a lauguage intentended to convince through appeals

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regionalism

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an element in liturature that conveys a realistic portayal of a specific geographical locale using the locale and its influences as the majjor plot.

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repitition

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word or phrase uses two or more times in proximity

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rhetorical modes

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exposition description narration agreement

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rhetorical question

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one that does not expect anser and is used to pose an ides to be considered

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sarcasm

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harsh caustic personal remarks to or about someone

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satire

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a work that reveals critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portayingit it and extreme way

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speaker

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the voice of a work an author may speak as himself or as a ficticious person

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stereo type

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a character who represents a trait that usually attributaed to a particular social or racial group and lacks individualality

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style

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an authors characteristic manner of expression his or her diction syntax imagery structure and context all contribute to stlye

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subjectivity

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perosnal presentation of events and characters influenced by the authors feeling

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syllogism

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a form of resoning in which 2 statements are made a conclusion is drawn from them and then a sllogism in the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise a minor premise and a conclusion

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syntactic

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fluency ability to create a variety of sentences structures appropriatelly comple

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theme

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central idea or message in a litterary

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thesis

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the main idea of a piece of writing it presents the authors assertion or claim the effectiveness of a presentationis often based on how well the writer presents develop and supports the thesis

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tone

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the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author thowar the characters subject and audience

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transition

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a word that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence paragraph to paragraph

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understatement

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the opposite of exaggerationitg is a technique for developing irony and or humor where one writes or says less than intended

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voice

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refers to two different areas of writing one refers to relationships between a sentences subject and verb active and passive choice the second refers to writers style

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fallacy

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defects that weaken arguments

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hasty generalizations

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making assuptions about a whole group of cases based on a sample that is inadequate stereotypes about people

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missing the point

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the premises of an argument do support a particular conclusion but not the conclusion that the arguer actually draws

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