English Triad Flashcards

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Ethos

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Credibility of the Speaker

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Pathos

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Using human emotions to persuade the audience members

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Logos

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Using Logical and Factual evidence to support your argument

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Metanoia

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When you amplify, retract, strength or weaken a prior statement.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at successive clauses.

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Antithesis

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Where two opposite ideas are placed together for contrast.

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Epizeuxis

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When you deliberately repeat a word for emphasi.

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Anadiplosis

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When the writer repeats the last word or phrase of one line or clause to begin the next.

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Diacope

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The repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words.

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Chiasmus

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Where words or phrases are repeated in reverse order.

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Counter Argument

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A viewpoint that opposes your main argument.

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