Lit Terms 4

Question 1

Loose sentence

Answer 1

I long sentence that starts with its main clause which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases

Question 2

Parallel structure

Answer 2

The use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts

Question 3

Periodic sentence

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A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end

Question 4

Polysyndeton

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A rhetorical term for the repeated use of conjunctions to link together a succession of words ////and….and….and

Question 5

Rhetoric

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Art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking

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Ad homineum

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“To the man”. A person’s character is attacked instead of his argument

Question 7

Ad populum

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“To the crowd” A misconception that a widespread occurrence of something is assumed

Question 8

Begging the question

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Occurs when someone assumes the truth of the statement to be approved without providing evidence to support statement

Question 9

Circular reasoning

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Occurs when evidence is given to support a claim is simply a restatement of the claim in other words

Question 10

Damning with faint praise

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Attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

Question 11

Devils advocate

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One who deliberately takes the opposite in that argument to prove a point

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Enthymeme

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Syllogism in which one the premises or the conclusion is not stated explicitly

Question 13

Epistrophe

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Repetition of the phrase at the end of successive sentences

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Ethos

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Ethical appeal

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Fallacy

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A logical fallacy is an error in reasoning

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Inductive reasoning

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Method of reasoning or argument in which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles

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Logo’s

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Logical appeal

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Mode of discourse

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The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form

Question 19

Non sequitur

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A conclusion or statement that is not logically follow from the previous argument or statement

Question 20

Pathos

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Empathetic appeal

Question 21

Propaganda

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Writing that seeks to persuade through appeals rather than logical proof

Question 22

Rhetorical question

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Question that is not expected to be answered

Question 23

Syllogism

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Form of logical argument that derives a conclusion from two propositions sharing a common term

Question 24

Toulmin

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Form of argument which data is presented and proven to either be a warrant or a claim

Question 25

Elizabethan drama

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English comic and tragic plays produced during the renaissance

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Enlightenment

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Philosophical movement of the 18th century which affected Europe and America

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Neoclassicism

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Revival in the 17th and 18th century’s of classical standards of order/balance in literature

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Romanticism

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Refers to literary movement that florist in Britain and Europe throughout much of the 19th century

Question 29

Surrealism

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A movement in art and literature emphasizing the expression of the imagination as realized in dreams and presented without conscious control

Question 30

Anadiplosis

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Repeating the end of a word of a clause at the beginning of the next one