vocab cumulative

Question 1

strawman

Answer 1

fallacy- distorting/exaggerating opponent’s argument and attacking the inflated version

Question 2

begging the question/circulatory reasoning

Answer 2

fallacy- assuming the truth of the conclusion instead of supporting it ex. smoking causes cancer because it’s a carcinogen

Question 3

bandwagon

Answer 3

fallacy- claiming something is true because everyone believes it ex. everyone cheats so its ok

Question 4

ad hominem

Answer 4

fallacy- attacking the person instead of the argument

Question 5

no true scotsman

Answer 5

fallacy- defending a generalization by excluding counterexamples for not being “pure” enough ex. no true scotsman would put sugar on his porridge

Question 6

understatement

Answer 6

emphasizing what it downplays ex. “she was not remarkably handsome” about grossly fat and ugly Mrs. Slipslop

Question 7

mock enconium

Answer 7

mock praise

Question 8

grotesque

Answer 8

dark humor

Question 9

comic juxtaposition

Answer 9

putting together things that don’t normally go together

Question 10

mock epic

Answer 10

making something a hero that isn’t normally

Question 11

parody

Answer 11

immitation of work

Question 12

aphorism

Answer 12

concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief ex. early to bed early to rise

Question 13

zeugma

Answer 13

grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects to show relationship ex. she opened her door and her heart to the orphan

Question 14

chiasmus

Answer 14

order of terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second ex. has the church failed man or has man failed the church

Question 15

asyndeton

Answer 15

omitting conjunctions between words ex. he was brave, fearless, afraid of nothing

Question 16

consonance

Answer 16

repitition of two or more consonnants with a change in vowels ex. pitter patter

Question 17

anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause ex. the crime was common, common be the pain

Question 18

apostrophe

Answer 18

words that are spoken to an absent or imaginary person

Question 19

allusion

Answer 19

reference to another work

Question 20

synecdoche

Answer 20

part is used to designate a whole and vice versa ex. wheels for car

Question 21

litotes

Answer 21

positive is stated by negating its opposite ex. not the worst thing

Question 22

allegory

Answer 22

extended metaphor that usually represents social figures or historical events

Question 23

hyperbole

Answer 23

exaggeration

Question 24

imagery

Answer 24

strong sensory detail

Question 25

conceit

Answer 25

fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different ex. a broken heart is like a damaged clock

Question 26

anaphora

Answer 26

the repetition of certain phrases ex. i have a dream

Question 27

onomatopoeia

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words imitate sounds

Question 28

alliteration

Answer 28

the repetition of same or similar sounds at the beginning of words

Question 29

antithesis

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words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other ex. keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Question 30

connotation

Answer 30

associations and implications of a word

Question 31

metonymy

Answer 31

metaphore where something is substitued for what it’s associated with ex. white house

Question 32

personification

Answer 32

non-living thing with human attributes

Question 33

archetype

Answer 33

recurring, universal character

Question 34

anachronistic

Answer 34

something out of date