Rhetorical Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
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Instructive
A
useful and informative
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Propriety
A
state or quality of confirming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals
3
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Infirmity
A
physical or mental weakness
4
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Indulge
A
allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
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Pathos
A
beliefs, values
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Logos
A
evidence, structure
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Ethos
A
credibility, authority
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Zealous
A
having a showing zeal
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Indifferent
A
having no particular interest or sympathy, unconcerned
10
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Anaphora
A
word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repitition
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Reposed
A
by lying, situated, or kept in a particular place
12
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Allusion
A
implied or indirect refernce
13
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Swindlers
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obtain a fraud - to cheat out of money
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Parallelism
A
parts of the sentence are grammatically the same or similar in construction
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Resolution
A
firm decision to do or not to do something
