List 4 - Alex Flashcards
DEFINITION: An argument is the main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel that usually appears as an introduction or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers.
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Argument
DEFINITION: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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Allusion
DEFINITION: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
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Bias
DEFINITION: A counter-argument is an argument opposed to your thesis, or part of your thesis. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.
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Counter Argument
DEFINITION: a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
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Debate
DEFINITION: the obtaining or developing of something from a source or origin.
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Derivation
DEFINITION: The act or art of dramatizing: the dramatization of a novel.
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Dramatization
DEFINITION: Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.
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Elaboration
DEFINITION: the gerund is a non-finite verb form that can function as a noun.
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Gerund
DEFINITION: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
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Inference
DEFINITION: is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.
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Parallelism
DEFINITION: A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun or noun phrase, and thus plays a role similar to that of an adjective or adverb
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Participle
DEFINITION: also known as imagery or metaphorical language, is often the only way to really make something plain or something abstract feel more concrete via comparison (you compare the literal thing or idea to a figurative concrete thing).
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Sensory Detail
DEFINITION: The quality or state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts.
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Coherence
