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LIBS 7001 Flashcards

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What is an assumption?

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It is an action of accepting things as true without proof.

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What is an audience?

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It is a group of people who are gathered to be informed by reading writer’s written information or listening to orators.

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What is a discourse community?

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It is a group that shares the same values and works towards similar goals through communication.

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What is denotation?

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It is a term used to describe a thing; a designation.

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What is a development?

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It is an incremental progression to a new stage without any gaps.

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What is an etymology?

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It is the study of the origins of words and how their meanings have changed throughout history.

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What is an elenchus?

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It is a Socratic method of eliciting (drawing out) truth by question and answer, especially used to refute an argument.

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What is a fractal?

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It is a never-ending pattern that repeats itself at different scales.

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What is an idea?

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It is a unique creation of a standard or principle formed in the mind of an individual out of nothing.

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What is an invention?

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It is an action of bringing ideas together to create something that did not exist before.

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What is a language?

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It is a formal, rule-based system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

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What is a microcosm-macrocosm?

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It is defined as what is true of a part is identically true of the whole.
(e.g. A book chapter is a macrocosm of an essay; the essay is a microcosm of the book chapter.)

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What is narrative framing?

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It is a process of controlling a story and evoking a particular interpretation or reaction from the audience.

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What is natura non facit saltum?

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It is a principle that means “nature does not go by leaps but by tiny increments.”

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What is natural definitions?

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This is a faithful report of how a term is used within a particular language community.

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What is an oratory?

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It is a rationale (basic reason or explanation) or practice of persuasive public speaking.

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What is a refutatio (refutation)?

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It is an act of countering or disproving an argument or claim to find the truth.

18
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What is a strategic incomprehensibility?

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It is a political strategy of stating something difficult to understand on purpose.

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What is a summary paragraph?

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It is a brief statement or restatement of points.

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What is a syllogism?

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It is a form of deductive argument where the conclusion follows from the truth of two (or more) premises.

21
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What is a taxonomic arrangement?

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It is an arrangement specific to a particular text.

22
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What is an organic arrangement?

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It is an arrangement considered universal for all texts.

23
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What is the golden mean?

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It is the desirable middle between two extremes. (Mushy middle)

24
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Define the Seven Liberal Arts.

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These are subject studies consisting of the trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the quadrivium (geometry, arithmetic, music, and astronomy) in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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What is a grammar?

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It is a rule of how words work.

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What is a rhetoric?

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It is a rule of how words are selected and arranged for effect.

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What is a logic or dialectic?

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It is a rule of how ideas are selected and arranged for effect.

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What is a thesis?

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It is an idea formed with a claim to truth.

29
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Define transitional terms.

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These are words or phrases that link sentences and paragraphs together smoothly so that there are no abrupt jumps or breaks between ideas.

30
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What is a lexical link?

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It is a connection between words or terms in a language.

31
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What is a prejudice?

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It is thinking and acting without applying critical reading and writing.

32
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What is realpolitik?

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It is politics based on attaining and exercising power rather than justice and morality.

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What is a syllogism?

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It is a form of deductive argument where the conclusion follows from the truth of two (or more) premises.

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