Literary Terms/Logical fallacies

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a word free from limitations or qualifications

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absolute

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a literary work in which characters, objects, or actio s represent abstractions; a REALLY BIG metaphor

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allegory

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a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

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allusion

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the repetition of the last word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next

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anadiplosis

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a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

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analogy

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the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

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anaphora

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a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

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anecdote

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the technique of asking a question and then proceeding to answer it

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anthypophora

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a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

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asyndeton

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a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed (susan walked in, and out rushed mary)

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chiasmus

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informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

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colloquialism

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the implied meaning of a word

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connotation

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the literal meaning of a word

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denotation

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word choice madeby a writer

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diction

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repetition of words at the end of clauses

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epistrophe

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extreme pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

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hubris

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the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs

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irony

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placing two elements sideby side to present a comparison or contrast

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juxtaposition

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the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms

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parallelism

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the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity; audience centered

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pathos

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the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural

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polysyndeton

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the art of presenting ideas, in a clear, effective, and persussive manner

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rhetoric

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a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

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rhetorical question

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literary techniques used to heigten the effectiveness of expression

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rhetorical devices

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an object used to represent something else

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symbol

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using one part of an object to reprsent the entire object (referring to a car simply as “wheels”)

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synecdoche

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t manner in which words re arranged into sentences

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syntax

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6 words or fewer

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telegraphic sentence

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a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle and which ends in ruin or destruction

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tragedy

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using threats or ideas to exaggerate a possible danger well beyond its statisticsl likelihood

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scare tactic

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presenting arguments that require people to choose only one of two alternatives - a kind of scare tactic

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either-or choices

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an argument that casts a tiny misstep today as tomorrow’s avalanche

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slippery slope

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arguments that use emotions excessively to distract readers from facts

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sentimental appeals

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aruments that encourage people to follow the same path everyone else is taking

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bandwagon

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writers offer themselves, or other authorities as sufficient warrant for believing a claim

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false authority

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asserting or assuming that a particular position is the only one conceivably acceptable

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dogmatism

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suggesting that serious wrongdoings don’t differ in kind from one or more minor offenses

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moral equivalence

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because of who or what you are, you can’t think clearly or rationally about issue

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ad hominem circumstantial

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attacking a person’s character, past actions, intelligence instead of the issue

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ad hominem abusive

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an inference drawn from insufficient evidence

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hasty generalization

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because one event follows another, the first necessarily causes the second

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faulty causality

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a claim made on grounds that cannot be accepted as true because those grounds are in doubt

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begging the question

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claims that fail to connect logically; one point does not follow another

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non sequiter

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comparison that is taken too far or too seriously; inaccurate or inconsequental comparisons between objects or concepts

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faulty analogy

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attack on an argument that really isn’t there

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straw man