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Exam Vocab Flashcards

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Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Alliteration

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Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Reference to a well-known piece of literature, art, metrology, etc.

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Allusion

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Comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

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Analogy

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Short, amusing, or interesting story to make a point

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Anecdote

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Language used in ordinary or familiar conversation: not formal

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Colloquial

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Feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration: worthless

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Contemptuous

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7
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Without the basic necessities of life

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Destitute

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Intended to teach, having moral instruction as an hidden motive

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Didactic

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To urge, command, or encourage

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Hortative

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10
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Overexaggeration to make a point

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Hyperbole

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Indignant

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12
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Cheerful and friendly

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Jovial

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A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

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Maxim

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Having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance

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Narcissistic

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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Oxymoron

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A statement that appears to be contradictory, but has truth when part of it is in interpreted figuratively
May be true when investigsted

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Paradox

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Like a person who so excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

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Pedantic

18
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Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Pernicious

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Irritatingly grand, solemn, or exhibiting self importance

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Pompous

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Of the nature of or characterized by reverence (deep respect)

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Reverential

21
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Having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man)

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Virile

22
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The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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Irony

23
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Comparison between two seemingly unlike things

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Metaphor

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Explicit comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things with “like” or “as”

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Simile

25
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Type of implied metaphor attributing human qualities to an inanimate object

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Personification

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Question asked for rhetorical effect to emphasize a point: no answer is expected

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Rhetorical question

27
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Word that imitates the sound it represents

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Onomatopoeia

28
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Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures

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Parallelism

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Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas

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Antithesis

30
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Grammatical structure where the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second often using the same words

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Chiasmus

31
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first essay prompt points

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parallelism
logical reasoning
appeal to fear
in america needa its nerds leonid friedman uses rhetoric to convince readers and explain his argument that america overlooks academic achievement

fridman uses useful rhetorical choices to corroborate his argument which reveals a prominent problem in our world: we need to change and develop our society in a way that nurtures success instead of shame it

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second essay prompt points

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analogies
irony
anaphora
in on being a cripple, author nancy mairs lays out her identity and uses rhetoric to explain to and convince her readers of why she identifies with the word that seems to make society wince in discomfort: a cripple
in mairs’ writing, she talks about why she identifies as a cripple. However, the passage conveys a hortative meaning that everyone should be able to comfortably identify with who they truly are

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third essay prompt points

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ethos
analogies
anaphora
in claudia “lady bird” johnson’s tribute to eleanor roosevelt, johnson effectively describes roosevelt’s character and what she stood for. the rhetorical devices johnson used to develop her tribute include ethos, analogies, and anaphora

Through ethos, analogies, and anaphora, Johnson successfully pays a well-established and respectful tribute to “the First Lady in the world”: Eleanor Roosevelt

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