10519667417 | Rhetoric | the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques | ![]() | 0 |
10519667418 | Ethos | credibility; ethical appeal | ![]() | 1 |
10519667419 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | ![]() | 2 |
10519667420 | Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness; emotion | ![]() | 3 |
10519667421 | Didactic | intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson | ![]() | 4 |
10519667422 | Hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality | ![]() | 5 |
10519667423 | Pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations | ![]() | 6 |
10519667424 | Stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive | ![]() | 7 |
10519667425 | Trite | overused and hackneyed | ![]() | 8 |
10519667426 | Abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence (ex. freedom or religious ideaologies) | ![]() | 9 |
10519667427 | Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | ![]() | 10 |
10519667428 | Colloquial | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | ![]() | 11 |
10519667429 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | ![]() | 12 |
10519667430 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | ![]() | 13 |
10519667431 | Archetype | a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response (ex. heros, quests that occur repeatedly) | ![]() | 14 |
10519667432 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | ![]() | 15 |
10519667433 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | ![]() | 16 |
10519667434 | Vehemently | marked by intense force or emotion | ![]() | 17 |
10519667435 | Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy | ![]() | 18 |
10519667436 | Verbose | wordy, very talkative | ![]() | 19 |
10519667437 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | ![]() | 20 |
10519667438 | Audience | one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed | ![]() | 21 |
10519667439 | Concrete | existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract | ![]() | 22 |
10519667440 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | ![]() | 23 |
10519667441 | Syntax | the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language | ![]() | 24 |
Week 1 Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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