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Summer Vocab List Flashcards

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Abstract Language

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Describes ideas and qualities - not observed things.

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Passive Voice

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When the subject recieves the action

The ball was hit by the player

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Active Voice

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The subject of the sentence performs the action.

The boy grabbed his books

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3
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Ad hominem

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“against the man”
when a writer attacks the opponents, not their arguments

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4
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Allusion

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An indirect referense

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5
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Ambiguity

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An event that can be interpreted in mulitple ways

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Analogy

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Comparison to a directly parallel case

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of sentences

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Anecdote

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A breif, amusing recounting of a relevant episode

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Annotation

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explanatory notes added to a text

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Antecedent

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A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

If I could command the wealth of all the world by lifting my finger, I would not pay such a price for it”

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Antithesis

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two opposite or contrasting words/phrases

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Aphorism

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A terse statement that expresses general truth

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent/imaginary person

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Appositive

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A word/words placed beside a noun to supplement its meaning

Bob, the lumber yard worker spoke with Judy, an accountant

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Argumentation

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To prove your idea is valid by presenting good reasoning

16
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Colloquial

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Ordinary, or familiar type of convo

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Concrete Language

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Language describing specific/observed things

18
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Diction

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Word choice/style

formal, informal, ornate, plain

19
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Emotional appeal -Pathos

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appeal to an audiences emotions

20
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Ethical Appeal -Ethos

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to persuade the audience to respect/ believe you

21
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Didactic

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describes literature that teaches a specific lesson/moral

22
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Euphenism

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An agreeable or less offensive substitue for unpleasant words

“Physically challenged” not “crippled”

23
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Genre

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Major category into which literary work fits

autobiography, biography, diares, criticism, essays, journals, political, scientific, nature

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Homily

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“sermon” - serious talk, speech/lecture involving morals

25
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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration - mostly comedies to create irony

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Imagery

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words that paint a picture

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Invective

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Emotionally violent, or verbal attacks

28
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loose or non-periodic
sentence

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A sentence in which the main idea is first, followed by phrases/clauses
A loose, informal, relaxed style

I arrived at the San Diego Airport after a long, bumpy ride and multiple delays.

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Irony

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When the oppossite of what you expect to happen does

30
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Verbal Irony

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When you say somthing and mean the opposite

being forced to run a mile in 8 minutes, and calling it a walk in the park

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the main character doesn’t

When the audience in horror movies knows who the killer is, but the victims don’t

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Situational Irony

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When something in the plot turns out funny

Sneaking into a movie theatre, and then figuring out kids were admitted for free

33
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Litotes (little teel)

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A form of understatement
opposite of hyperbole

It’s not that bad, i just have a little brain tumor

34
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Metonymy

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Changed label/substitute name
When the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated

the president declared vs the white house declared

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Parallelism

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“beside one another”
gramatical/ rhetorical framing or words/phrases to give structural similarity

36
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Style

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  1. the evaluation of the sum of choices an author makes with literary devices
  2. Comparing an author to similar authors by style
37
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synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which the part of something is used to represent a whole

calling a boat a sail
calling a car wheels

38
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Syntax

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Syn (together) +
tax (arrangement)
The actual way words/sentences are placed today in writing

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