Fall Final 2k16 Flashcards
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Amplification
To whom the issue matters and why it matters to that person or group
Common Topics
Comparison, definition, circumstance, relation, and testimony
Canon(s) of rhetoric
Invention, arrangement, and elocution
Comparison
How two terms are similar by noting what both terms “have”, “are”, and “do”
Conclusion
The ending of a text
Definition
A definition of a word sets the limits within which a word has meaning
Elocution
The writer selects the appropriate words and forms to best express the ideas of the text
Exordium
Opening of an essay or speech, question,joke,quote
Exposition
A statement of the main points in an essay or speech
Introduction
The first part of an essay
Invention
The writer discovers material for the text
Issue
A question converted to a whether statement
Parallelism
A similarity of structure in s pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Proof
The main arguments or reasons why I’m right
Reason
An argument or proof in defense of a thesis
Style
AKA elocution
Thesis
The statement of the proposition defended by an essay
Topics
Questions we ask in order to come up with something to say when we write
Active voice
Verb form in which the subject performs the action
Alliteration
Occurrence of a sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words
Antithesis
A sentence with strongly contrasting concepts that are expressed in a parallel form
Assonance
Vowel sound is repeated
Circumstance
Describes the actions and events that occur at the same time as but in different location from the situation
Refutation
The response to an opposing argument