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American Terms & Vocab
Various rhetorical devices & definitions
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11th Grade
02/07/2007
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Abstract
 Definition
Language describing ideas and qualities
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ad hominem
 Definition
An attack on an opponent's character
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Allusion/Alluding/Allusive
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A reference to, a comparison that explains or describes
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Analogy
 Definition
A comparison that explains or describes
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Anaphora
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Repetition at the beginning of two or more lines
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Anecdote
 Definition
A short, often autobiographical narrative
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Anticipation
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Presumption of the opposition's arguments
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Antithesis
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Direct contrast of parallel word groupings
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Aphorism
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A statement condensing wisdom
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Appease
 Definition
To calm
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Bandwagon
 Definition
Appeal to join the majority
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Chiasmus
 Definition
Parallel structure in inverted/mirror form
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Circular Reasoning
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Argument merely assumes what it is trying to prove
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Colloquial
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Informal conversation
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Conciliation
 Definition
To reconcile
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Concrete (examples,symbols)
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Actual things or events
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Condescending
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Attitude of superiority
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Cynicism
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Contempuous of human nature
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Deductive Reasoning
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Particulars follows from general
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Deference
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Respect
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Didactic
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Instruct
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Dispassionate
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Not emotional
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Ebb
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Retreat
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Elevate
 Definition
Morally or intellectually high
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Ellipsis
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Deliberate omission
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Emphatic
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Forceful speech
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Entreaty
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Plea
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Equivocal
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Undecided
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Erudite
 Definition
Extensive bookish learning
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Euphemism
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Replaces directness
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Exhortative
 Definition
Urgent appeals
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Fawning
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Obsequious (A suck up aka. sycophant)
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First Person
 Definition
Use of forms of I
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Hortatory Subjunctive
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"Let us"
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Imminent
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About to happen
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Imperious
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Arrogance
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Incongruous
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Inconsistent
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Inductive
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Generalized from particular
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Invective
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Insult
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Lexicographer
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Editor of a dictionary
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Ludicrous
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Meriting scorn
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Maxim
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General truth
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Metaphor
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One thing spoken of as though it were something else
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Mollifying
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Sooth
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non sequitur
 Definition
Does not follow
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Nostalgic
 Definition
Sentimental yearning
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Objective
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Facts without distortion
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Paradox
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Seemingly opposed to common sense but may be truth
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Parallelism
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Repetition of a grammatical structure
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Pathos
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Evokes sympathy
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Pedantic
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A tone that has reliance on book learning over experience
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Pejorative
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Belittle
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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'After this, therefore, because of this"
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reductio ad absurdum
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"Reduction to the absurd"
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Second Person
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Use of you
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sine qua non
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Essential element
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Subjective
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Affected by personal views
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Syllogism
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Deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
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Third Person
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Use of forms of he or she
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Underscore
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Emphasize
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Understatement
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Saying less
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Vehement
 Definition
Intensely emotional
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