RT2 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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False Analogy

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An informal fallacy that draws assumptions about a topic through an analogy to another subject.

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Figurative Language

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A style of writing that uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful

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Figures of Speech

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words or phrases used in a non-literal sense from ordinary language for rhetorical or vivid effect

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Foreshadowing

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The literary use of a warning, foretelling, or indication of a future event

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Freight-Train

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A sentence that is lengthy and used to express a character’strainof thought

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Generalization

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adverbs of frequency like always often and usually and adjectives like most all

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Genre

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a recognizable pattern for providing specific kinds of information for an identifiable audience demanded by circumstances that come up again and again

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Hubris

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extreme pride andarroganceshown by a character, which ultimately brings about his downfall

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Humor

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aliterarytool that intends to induce amusement or laughter

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Hyperbole

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is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

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Image

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A rhetorical device that can be related to with one of the five senses

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Imagery

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uses figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses

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Induction

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A fallacies that makes false connections based on previous experiences

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Inference

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the process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence

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Interior Monologue

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narrative technique that exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists

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Invective

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abusive or insulting language

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Inversion

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the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence

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Irony

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a rhetorical device used to convey a meaning sharply different from or even opposite of the literal text

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Jargon

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the use of specific phrases and words in a particular situation, profession, or trade

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Logic

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a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason

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Logical Appeal

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the strategic use of claim, evidence, and warrant to convey a theme or argument

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Logical Fallacy

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common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument

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Lyrical

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prose (or an entire novel)that has an aspect of music in its rhythm, sound, and/or structure

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

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Metonymy
Substitution of the literal name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
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Mode
Rhetorical modes describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking
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Mood
 Literary element that evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions
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Moral
language used for advocating/taking a moral stance towards an issue by invoking or making apparent various moral concerns
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Motif
an element or idea that reoccurs all throughout a work of literature
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Narration
Literally tells the story of what happened (with the specific events that happened and the people who were involved)
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Negative-Positive
a method of achieving emphasis by stating an idea twice, once in negative terms and then once again in positive terms
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Non-sequitir
a conclusion that isn't aligned with previous statements or evidence
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Objectivity
lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice
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Onomatopoeia
Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe
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Oversimplification
a fallacy of questionable cause that occurs when it is assumed that there is a single, simple cause of an outcome that really may have been caused by a number of factors
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Oxymoron
a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory
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Pacing
a stylistic device, which shows how fast a story unfolds
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Parable
A figure of speech, which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end
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Paradox
a rhetorical device that is made up of two opposite things and seems impossible but is indeed possible
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Parallelism
a rhetorical device that compounds words or phrases that have equivalent meanings so as to create a definite pattern