Vocab 4 Flashcards
Connotation
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. Connotations may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
Consonance
repetition of two or more consonants in close proximity
Context
the entire situation in which a piece of writing takes place, including the writer’s purpose(s); the intended audience; the time and place of writing; the institutional, social, personal, and other influences on a piece of writing; the material conditions of writing; and the writer’s attitude toward the subject and the audience
Convention
Accepted manner, model, or tradition
Conviction
the belief that a claim or course of action is true or reasonable. In a proposal argument, a writer must move an audience beyond conviction to action
Counter argument
An argument in opposition to another
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by rhythm or rhyme
Credibility
An Impression of integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness conveyed by a writer in an argument
Critique
A detailed analysis or assessment of something
Cumulative sentence
sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and add on. (But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course – both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war. –John F. Kennedy)
Deductive reasoning
Argument in which specific statements/ conclusions are drawn from general principals
Denotation
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. (Example: the denotation of a knife would be a utensil used to cut; the connotation of a knife might be fear, violence, anger, foreboding, etc.)
Deux ex machine
An unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation
Dialect
Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular group of people.
didactic
From the Greek, didactic literally means “teaching.” Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.
