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Everyday Use Rhetorical Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary

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Scheme

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An artful variation from typical formation and arrangement of words or sentences.

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An artful variation from typical formation and arrangement of words or sentences.

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Scheme

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Canon

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One of the traditional elements of rhetorical composition- invention, arrangement, style, memory, or delivery.

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One of the traditional elements of rhetorical composition- invention, arrangement, style, memory, or delivery.

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Canon

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Dramatic Monologue

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A type of poem, popular primarily in the 19th century, in which the speaker delivers a monologue to an assumed group of listeners.

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A type of poem, popular primarily in the 19th century, in which the speaker delivers a monologue to an assumed group of listeners.

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Dramatic Monologue

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Rhetorical Question

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Posed by a writer not to seek an answer but to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question about it.

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Posed by a writer not to seek an answer but to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question about it.

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Rhetorical Question

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Aim

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The goal a writer hopes to achieve with the text- e.g. to clarify difficult material, to inform, to convince, to persuade. Also called intention and purpose.

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The goal a writer hopes to achieve with the text- e.g. to clarify difficult material, to inform, to convince, to persuade. Also called intention and purpose.

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Aim

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Double Entendre

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The double or multiple meanings of a group of words that the writer has purposely left ambiguous.

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The double or multiple meanings of a group of words that the writer has purposely left ambiguous.

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Double Entendre

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Jargon

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The specialized vocabulary of a particular group.

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The specialized vocabulary of a particular group.

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Jargon

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Voice

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The textual features, such as diction and sentence structure that convey a writers persona.

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The textual features, such as diction and sentence structure that convey a writers persona.

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Voice

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Context

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The convergence of time, place, audience, and motivating factors in with a piece is situated.

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The convergence of time, place, audience, and motivating factors in with a piece is situated.

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Context

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Anadiplosis

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The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

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The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.

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Anadiplosis

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Ethos

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The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the writer.

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The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the writer.

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Ethos

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Declaiming

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Heightening a message by emphasizing pitch, volume, and pause and by using gestures and movements .

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Heightening a message by emphasizing pitch, volume, and pause and by using gestures and movements .

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Declaiming

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Parallelism

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A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appears in a sentence or paragraph.

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A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appears in a sentence or paragraph.

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Parallelism

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Basic Topics

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One of the four perspectives that Aristotle explained could be used to generate material about any subject matter greater or less, possible and impossible, past fact, and future fact.

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One of the four perspectives that Aristotle explained could be used to generate material about any subject matter greater or less, possible and impossible, past fact, and future fact.

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Basic Topics

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Allegory

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An extended metaphor.

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An extended metaphor.

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Allegory

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Inductive Reasoning

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Begins by citing a number of specific instances or examples and then shows how collectively they constitute a general principle.

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Begins by citing a number of specific instances or examples and then shows how collectively they constitute a general principle.

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Inductive Reasoning

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Genre

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A piece of writing classified by type.

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A piece of writing classified by type.

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Genre

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Heuristic

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A systematic strategy of method for solving problems.

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A systematic strategy of method for solving problems.

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Heuristic

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Rhetoric

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The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer or reader might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective.

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The art of analyzing all the choices involving language that a writer or reader might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective.

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Rhetoric

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Evidence

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The facts, statistics, anecdotes, and examples that a writer offers in support of a claim, generalization, or conclusion.

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The facts, statistics, anecdotes, and examples that a writer offers in support of a claim, generalization, or conclusion.

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Evidence

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Syllogism

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Logical reasoning from inarguable premises.

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Logical reasoning from inarguable premises.

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Syllogism

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Trope

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An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas.

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An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas.

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Trope

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Versimilitude

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The quality of a text that reflects the truth of actual experience.

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The quality of a text that reflects the truth of actual experience.

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Versimilitude

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Anglo-Saxon Diction

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Word choice characterized by simple often one or two syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

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Word choice characterized by simple often one or two syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

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Anglo-Saxon Diction

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words.

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words.

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Alliteration

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