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Final Exam (To Be Paired With Shakespeare Facts) Flashcards

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Ad Hominem

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Attatcking the arguer instead of the argument

You are too young to know any better

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Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

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Not considering all alternatives

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Slippery Slope

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Imagining an illogical chain of events

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Red Herring (Digression)

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Arguing something different from the main argument

Okay, but what about this?

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Straw man

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Changing (modifying) the argument and attacking the new argument
I can’t eat all of the pizza? You just want me to be miserable

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Hasty Generalization

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Not using a sufficient sample size to justify the argument

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (Faulty Casual)

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Assuming something is the cause of something else just because it came before it
(After this, therefore because of this)

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Anecdotal Argument

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Using a singlular experience to serve as an entire argument

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Confirmation Bias

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Finding evidence by wittingly or unwittingly looking for evidence in a location where evidence is most likely to support your argument

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Affect

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Doing something to something, A=alter

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Effect

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Result, to bring about

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Bad

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Adj. tastes bad

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Badly

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Adv., swim badly

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Further

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To continue

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Farther

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Distance (unless metaphorical)

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Good

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Adj, I feel good (well)

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Well

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Adv., I feel well (good)

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Lay

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Put into a certain place

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Lie

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Not tell truth, assume a reclining position

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Equality

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State of being equal. Same in quality, measure or value, or status

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Equity

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Quality of being fair, reasonable, impartial

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Mute

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Expressed without speech

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Moot

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Of no legal significance, open to argument or debate, think about carefully.

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E.g.

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For example

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I.e.
That is
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Insure
Protect against risk
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Ensure
Make certain of
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Healthy
Has a state of health, can be personified
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Healthful
Full of good health, good for health
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Anxious
Eagerly desirous (connected to fear)
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Excited
In an aroused state (connected to joy)
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Off
Use, not on
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Off of
Do not use
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Different from
Use, not like
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Different than
Do not use
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By accident
Use, not purposeful
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On accident
Do not use
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Allusion
A reference to a person place, event, or thing that is known from, literature, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
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Antagonist
A character or entity that goes against the protagonist and what the protagonist wants to achieve
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Conflict
A problem
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Epiphany
When a character has gained a new understanding that causes a dynamic, life-altering change—often, the character endures a near-death experience and then changes in such a way that he/she will be stronger and better off for the experience
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Foreshadowing
The use of clues to hint to events that will occur later in the plot
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Genre
A category for a specific type of nove, music, movie, etc
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Irony
Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality
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Situational irony
A situation itself is ironic
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Dramatic irony
Audience knows something that is unknown to a character or characters
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Verbal irony
A person says one thing, but means the opposite
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Paradox
A statement or situation that appears to be contradictory but upon closer examination proves to make sense
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Plot
A series of related events that tell a story
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Exposition
Beginning of the story which can include setting, tone, reference to previous action, introduction to characters, intro. to conflict, etc.
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Rising action
The problem becomes more intense or further problems are introduced
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Climax
Most intense moment, when the main conflict is addressed for the final time
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Denouement
Ending of the story, resolution
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Point of view
The vantage point from which the writer has chosen to tell the story
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1st person
One of the characters is telling the story, get to know character well, but are limited to what he knows
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3rd limited
Narator, who is not a character in the story, focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character
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3rd Omniscient
Narrator knows everything about everyone and can know everything about the past, present, and future. Can follow the actions of multiple characters
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Protagonist
A main character (good or bad) of a story
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Sarcasm
An insincere tone of voice
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Subject
What a story is about
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Symbolism
Something that stands for itself and something beyond itself as well ALL MIGHT
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Theme
The central idea of a work of literature / insights gained about the subject of a story / meaning that the author reveals
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Tone
An author’s attitude toward a subject, character, etc. in a work of literature
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Stanza
A group of lines in poetry, like a paragraph
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Imagery
Use of words and descriptions to appeal to the senses
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Simile
Comparison using like or as
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Metaphor
Comparison without like or as
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Implied metaphor
Subtle comparisons where the things compared are not specifically explained
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Personification
Giving something human attributes
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Alliteration
Repeated beginning sound of words in a row
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Rythm
Regular beat of something
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Meter
Way of counting beats in poetry

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