Week 5 Flashcards
1
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Satire
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A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
2
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Semantics
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The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
3
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style
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The consideration of style has two purposes: (1) An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices.
4
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Subordinate clause
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5
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Syllogism
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6
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Symbol/symbolism
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7
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Synecdoche
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8
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Syntax
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9
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Theme
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10
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thesis
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11
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tone
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12
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transition
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13
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Tricolon
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14
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Understatement
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15
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Wit
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