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3461875903Rhetorical situationPaps persona audience purpose linguistic argumentative strategies0
3461875904RhetoricArt of persuasion1
3461875905Types of argumentsDefinition causation ethics evaluation proposal2
3461875906Types of supportStats facts authority examples anecdotes narrative3
3461875907Types of appealsLogos pathos ethos4
3461875908ClaimControversial and debatable statement. Can get a good question from it5
3461875909CounterclaimClaim opposite mine Concession refutation demonstration of irrelevance6
3461875910RebuttalHow one deals with opponents counterclaim7
3461875911AntanagogeConcession placing unavoidable negative next to a positive8
3461875912Procatalepsis Not on testRefutation bring up flaws on your side for the purpose of enhancing persona. Also irrelevance. It doesn't apply because...9
3461875913WarrentReasons. Connects top to bottom GAS CAP Generality analogy sign causation authority principle10
3461875914BackingSupport for warrent11
3461875915PremiseDeclarative statement to prove or support the point of the argument12
3461875916Major premiseHigher on ladder than the minor13
3461875917ConclusionThe idea that the premise is designed to prove....Therefore14
3461875918SyllogismDeductive reasoning15
3461875919Deductive reasoningMajor to minor premise. If the principle is agreed. Everything under must be true16
3461875920Inductive reasoningScientific method. Probably true. Specific to general. Evidence to conclusion.17
3461875921CausationX leads to y18
3461875922CorrelationX results in y because of z. Third party causes the other two19
3461875923AnalogyExtended simily. Take something complicated and explain with simplistic terms20
3461875924SignSome evidence is symptomatic of a wider principal21
3461875925Anecdotal evidencePersons story to support a claim. One instance is bad. Lots is proof22
3461875926AuthorityMust be justified to carry evidential weight23
3461875927PolysyndetonWhen conjunctions are placed in between every element in a series24
3461875928RhetoricalQuestion asked when answer is obvious25
3461875929AndiplosisThe last word repeated as the first in sentences or phrases26
3461875930AntithesisContrasting any of the different parts of a statement27
3461875931JuxtapositionTwo subjects side by side to compare and contrast28
3461875932ZeugmaTwo elements in a sentence are linked by a governing third in a suggestive way. I drank of her ....29
3461875933ChiasmusParallelism that flips the original form around ab is ba. U have seen a man made a slave now u shall see a slave made a man30
3461875934TropesIrony. Opposite of what is expected 5 types. Romantic situational verbal dramatic structural31
3461875935Structural ironyWhen the genre doesn't match the form of something32
3461875936Dramatic ironyWhen audience knows what characters don't33
3461875937Verbal ironyWhat is said is not what is meant. Sarcasm or what an ugly doggy34
3461875938Situational ironyWhat happens is not what was expected. Guy terrified of planes. Rides once and it crashes35
3461875939Romantic ironyAudience or reader is deceived by person telling story.36
3462244348DictionWord choice37
3462244349DenotationObjective definition of a word38
3462244350ConnotationEmotional power a word has39
3462244351SemanticsStudy of meanings of words40
3462244352EuphemismsLanguage used to hide reality or change the way we view reality. Softens the sound of language41
3462244353LitotesEmphasizes point by using a word opposite to the condition. Irony sarcasm. Not the smallest consideration to a hungry man42
3462244354ModeGenre is what is written about. Mode is how it is written43
3462244355MotifReoccuring element in a work of art. Theme symbol imagry44
3462244356ArchetypeA symbol that transcends time and culture. Tree45
3462244357ParadoxTwo contradicting statements that present the truth. Your never more alive than when your almost dead46
3462244358ApostrophyCharacter addresses an object or some entity that cannot respond47
3462244359CharacatureExaggeration of a distinct feature48
3462244360SatireUsed to cause change through ridicule49
3462244361Horation satirePokes fun with an indulgent tone50
3462244362Jurenalian satireDenounces human vice in a severe tone51
3462244363ParodyImitative use of the words, style, attitude, tone and ideas of an author genre or style in such a way as to make them ridiculous52
3462244364UnderstatementRhetorical form in which the force of a descriptive statement is less than one would expect53
3462244365GenreType of writing based on category or branch54
3462244366ContunuumNot black or white. Somewhere in the middle55
3462244367PragmatismPractical. Act for a direct outcome56
3462244368IdealismLofty goal sometimes without a tangible result. Looking for ideal57
3462244369ContextThe situation in which something occurs58
3462244370UbiquitousSeemingly everywhere59
3462244371ExplicitWhen a message or meaning is directly apparent60
3462244372ImplicitWhen the moral meaning is suggested61
3462244373FettersShackles chains62
3545035820EpographWriting on the outside63
3547845429AllusuonReferring to another stuff historical64
3547845430ModesExemplifications Narrative Anicdotal65
3548609943DidacticWriting that's meant to teach but can be negative and dirogatory. Over preachy teachy66
3548609944Red herringBring up an unrelated answer67
3549908484Loaded questionDo u still beat your wife68
3549908485Ad hominemAttack person69
3549908486Appeal to emotions...70
3549908487False analogy...71
3549908488Ad hominem tu quoqueHypocracy72
3549923786Types of writingSynthesis Argumentative Analysis73
3549923787Types of a topic sentence not on testSpecific subject and detailed claims74
3549923788Parts of coherenceTransitions Reminder of topic sentence Explanation of support75
3574038704Post hawkA resulted in b so a equals b76
3574038705Thin entering wedgePast equals present77
3574038706Slippery slopePresent equals future78

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