Vocab For Final Flashcards
Monosyllabic
One syllable words, less effective,
Diction
Word choice or General character of the language used by the author
Denotation
The strict meaning in the dictionary
Meliorative
Positive influence or connection
Pejorative
Negative influence or connection
Cheap vs inexpensive
Both have same meaning but different meanings in society and different impacts
Pedestrian
Commonplace, dull, laments terms
Vulgarity
Cuss words, bad language, do not use
Slang
Uses vernacular, made up words
Vernacular
Native dialect
Colloquial
Related to usual or informal
Jargon
Language specific to a field or position
Anecdote
A short account do an interesting or humorous story
Ethos
Appeal based on character of speaker, ethics
Logos
Appeal based on logic and reason, logical
Pathos
Appeal based on emotion pathological
Anaphora
The reparation of a word in a clause or sentence
Epistrophe
The repitstion of a word at the end of a sentence
Asyndeton
The omission of a conjunction
Antithesis
a person or thing with the direct opposite
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is made into a whole
Enumeration
Mention one by one, no space to enumerate
Parallelism
The state of being parallel or corresponding in some way
Personification
Giving human characteristics and attributes to an inanimate object
Metaphor
Compares to things without like or as
Simile
Compares two things using like or as
Metonymy
The substitution of a name for one of its attributes
Climax
The most intense, exciting or important part if something
polysyndenton
Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton.
Example:
They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked.
Toulmin method of argument
Claim- the conclusion of an argument
Grounds- facts and data used to prove and validate a claim
Warrant- the reasoning why the grounds are being made
Backing support- additional support, qualifiers for the warren
Rebuttal- exceptions or limitations
Syllogism
Major premise A=B , a general principle or minor claim, C=A, verify able by evidence claim, C=B conclusion
Enthymene
Missing the minor claim, similar to fallacies, A=c or A=z
