Fall Final 2k16 Flashcards

(29 cards)

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Amplification

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To whom the issue matters and why it matters to that person or group

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Common Topics

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Comparison, definition, circumstance, relation, and testimony

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Canon(s) of rhetoric

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Invention, arrangement, and elocution

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Comparison

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How two terms are similar by noting what both terms “have”, “are”, and “do”

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Conclusion

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The ending of a text

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Definition

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A definition of a word sets the limits within which a word has meaning

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Elocution

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The writer selects the appropriate words and forms to best express the ideas of the text

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Exordium

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Opening of an essay or speech, question,joke,quote

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Exposition

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A statement of the main points in an essay or speech

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Introduction

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The first part of an essay

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Invention

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The writer discovers material for the text

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Issue

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A question converted to a whether statement

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Parallelism

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A similarity of structure in s pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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Proof

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The main arguments or reasons why I’m right

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Reason

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An argument or proof in defense of a thesis

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Style

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AKA elocution

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Thesis

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The statement of the proposition defended by an essay

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Topics

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Questions we ask in order to come up with something to say when we write

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Active voice

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Verb form in which the subject performs the action

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Alliteration

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Occurrence of a sound or letter at the beginning of closely connected words

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Antithesis

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A sentence with strongly contrasting concepts that are expressed in a parallel form

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Assonance

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Vowel sound is repeated

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Circumstance

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Describes the actions and events that occur at the same time as but in different location from the situation

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Refutation

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The response to an opposing argument

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Relation
Lists events or actions that take place before and after the situation and determines the cause and effect of the situation
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Testimony
Asks witnesses what they know about the situation
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Counter-thesis
Opposite side of your thesis
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Distribution
The portion of Division that sates the thesis, enumeration, and expiation
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Division
A statement of agreement and disagreement between the writer and opponent