2011 Finals Exams
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| 258917896 | Logical Proof | a specific piece of verifiable information that supports a statement | |
| 258917897 | Ethical Proof | the supporting information that builds a speaker's credibility on a topic | |
| 258917898 | Pathetic Proof | support material that gives emotional appeal to a presentation | |
| 258917899 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | |
| 258917900 | Litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | |
| 259987354 | Apostrophe | a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent. | |
| 259987355 | Allusions | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature | |
| 259987356 | Antithesis | The opposite side of the writer's argument. Usually acknowledged in the first few paragraphs | |
| 259987357 | Paradox | a self-contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities | |
| 259987358 | Synecdoche | using a part of something to represent the whole thing | |
| 259987359 | Metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'the White House came to Chicago') | |
| 259987360 | Sensory Perceptions | using your senses. | |
| 262329083 | Qualify | Both sides! | |
| 262329084 | binary classification | Putting certain people into small groups. ie: Group: freshman sup groups: nerdy freshman, and cool freshman | |
| 262329085 | Aristotelian logic | the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages | |
| 262329086 | Inductive Reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | |
| 262329087 | Deductive Reasoning | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | |
| 262329088 | Drawing inferences | to form reasonable judgments about characters, setting, events, and ideas in a text based on a combination of clues in the text and your own knowledge and experiences | |
| 262329089 | Circular Reasoning | an argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true" | |
| 262329090 | non-sequitur | something that does not logically follow | |
| 262329091 | Begging the question | Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim. | |
| 262329092 | Argument ad hominen | (Latin "to the man")- attacking a persons view by attacking his or her character "Mayor burns is divorced and estranged from his family. How can we listen to his pleas for a city nursing home." | |
| 262329093 | Argument ad populum | a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it. "If many believe so, it is so." | |
| 262329094 | Bandwagon | tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it | |
| 262329095 | Red Herring | any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue | |
| 262329096 | Declarative | A sentence that makes a statement. It ends in a period. "." | |
| 262329097 | Imperative | urgent; pressing | |
| 262329098 | Exclamatory | sentence: a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | |
| 262329099 | Interrogative | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | |
| 262329100 | Loose | Sentences lacking restraint and structrue (looser sentences) | |
| 262329101 | Periodic | Sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements. | |
| 262329102 | freight train | Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions. | |
| 262329103 | convoluted sentence | the main clause is split in two, subordinate inbetween | |
| 262329104 | centered sentence | main clause is between subordinate material (after digging a large hold, I planted a tree, which was also large and hard to manage | |
| 262329105 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses | |
| 262329106 | appositive | A noun on a noun | |
| 262329107 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | |
| 262329108 | personal experience | you have experienced the event first hand and share that information | |
| 262329109 | anecdotes | short, humorous stories | |
| 262329110 | expert testimony | Speaker will use "expert testimony" as evidence to prove point. ex: Americans think it's alright, so we can eat babies | |
| 262329111 | analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | |
| 262329112 | facts | information that is true or demonstrable | |
| 262329113 | statistics | numerical data that extend or refute one's argument. | |
| 262336080 | examples | Specific instances that illustrate or explain a general factual statement | |
| 262336081 | concrete details | Details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | |
| 262336082 | quotations | words from another person that you repeat exactly in writing, quotations can provide powerful supporting evidence | |
| 262336083 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | |
| 262336084 | Connotation | refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition | |
| 262336085 | professional jargon | Vocabulary unique to a certain job or profession ex: computers geeks: motherboard | |
| 262336086 | active voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb Ex. "'The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" | |
| 262336087 | passive voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb Ex. "'The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "'The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" | |
| 262336088 | tropes | a figure of speech using words in non-literal ways, such as a metaphor | |
| 262336089 | schemes | Mental representations of categories of objects, events, and people. | |
| 262336090 | Latinate | describes a literary text written in the style of classical Latin literature | |
| 262336091 | Colloquial | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation ex: regional variations of English | |
| 262336092 | serious tone | Intending to be factual and on par. No jokes or puns | |
| 262336093 | passionate | having or expressing strong emotions | |
| 262336094 | Humorous tone | lighthearted irreverent cynical scornful contemptuous mocking malicious ironic sarcastic bitter skepticl disbelieving | |
| 262336095 | Satirical | relating to a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit | |
| 262336096 | Sarcastic | the use of witty language used to insult or show displeasure | |
| 262336097 | Urging | trying to convince or persuade someone to do something | |
| 262336098 | righteous | Making it sound like something is justified ex: The British abominations led the Patriots to believe that it was righteous to leave the Empire. | |
| 262336099 | Mocking | laughing at; making fun of | |
| 262336100 | Biting | sharp; sarcastic | |
| 262336101 | Ironic | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is | |
| 262336102 | Detached | showing lack of emotional involvement | |
| 262336103 | Objective | undistorted by emotion or personal bias | |
| 262336104 | Didactic | intended to instruct | |
| 262336105 | Dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | |
| 262338092 | Bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | |
| 262338093 | romantic | a term describing a character or literary work that reflects the characteristics of Romanticism, the literary movement beginning in the late 18th century that stressed emotion, imagination, and individualism | |
| 262338094 | idealistic | of high moral or intellectual value | |
| 262338095 | Emotional Biases | the tendency to make judgments based on attitudes and feelings, rather than on the basis of a rational analysis of the evidence | |
| 265707842 | allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | |
| 265707843 | ambiguous | having more than one possible meaning | |
| 265707844 | aphorism | short, witty statement of truth | |
| 265707845 | cacophony | loud confusing disagreeable sounds | |
| 265707846 | cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression | |
| 265707847 | denotation | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression | |
| 265707848 | diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words | |
| 265707849 | didactic | intended to teach or instruct | |
| 265707850 | emphatic | forceful and definite in expression or action | |
| 265707851 | euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | |
| 265707852 | euphony | any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | |
| 265707853 | jargon | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves or co-workers) | |
| 265730472 | invective | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | |
| 265730473 | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote | |
| 265730474 | oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') | |
| 265730475 | paradoxical | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | |
| 265730476 | prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | |
| 265730477 | pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | |
| 265730478 | semantics | the study of language meaning | |
| 265730479 | verbose | using or containing too many words | |
| 265730480 | antecedent | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| 265730481 | asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | |
| 265730482 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | |
| 265730483 | Cumulative | Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars | |
| 265730484 | elliptical | oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out | |
| 265730485 | fragment | an incomplete piece | |
| 265730486 | inversion | a sentence in which the verb precedes the subject | |
| 275808903 | polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | |
| 275808904 | syntactic permutation | Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for a reader to follow. | |
| 275808905 | staccato | marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds | |
| 275808906 | tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. | |
| 275808907 | brevity | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | |
| 275942125 | Balance | When a sentence is split into balanced chunks. Ex: Best of places, best of times | |
| 275942126 | Brevity | Brief;short. | |
| 275942127 | Commonplace | Commonly accepted ideas. | |
| 275942128 | Formal | Formal language, written word | |
| 275942129 | Informal | Informal language, spoken word | |
| 275942130 | Explicit | Much revealing, direct information | |
| 275942131 | Incisive | Making a sharp point; penetrating | |
| 275942132 | laconic | Quick response; usually in a rude manner - Ex: When my friend asked me if I wanted to hear a joke, I firmly stated "NO." | |
| 275942133 | Nonstandard | Non-english. Ex: Do what we your house? | |
| 275971463 | Primer and purple prose | Primer: Text book standardized, subject to verb writing. Purple: Emotional writing. To help remember the difference, think of an angry person reading a purple prose statement, and their face would turn purple, hence making it a purple prose. | |
| 275971464 | Proportion | Balanced, usually in imagery | |
| 275971465 | Rambling | When someone doesn't stop talking, and keeps going on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on on and on | |
| 275971466 | Repetition | Redundant. Ex: The department of redundancy department | |
| 275971467 | Realistic | The tone of the real world. For example, realism is often approached after hard times such as World War I, where people saw the true colors of war and battle | |
| 275971468 | Lampoon | Past the point of a parody, but not yet a satire | |
| 275971469 | Stream of Consciousness | The idea that your thoughts are essentially nothing and the words you speak and write are brain vomit | |
| 275971470 | Succinct | Putting together a summary or similar words | |
| 275971471 | Victorian | Writing technique that is usually characterized by long sentences and Charles Dickens | |
| 275971472 | Deus Ex Machina | 'Guiding machine' or 'God out of a machine' type of narrative | |
| 275971473 | Limited Omniscient | Narrative limited to one person | |
| 275971474 | Juxtaposition | The idea or process of combining to ideas to create a new meaning. Use this in essays to look smart | |
| 275971475 | Interior monologue | Thoughts of a character, usually italicized | |
| 275971476 | Manipulation of Time | Instance of time is altered by a narrator |
