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| message about life author is trying to convey |
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| setting and it's significance |
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| time, location, and everything in which a story takes place, and initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story |
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| something happens that is completely opposite of what is expected |
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| the reader knows more than the characters in the story |
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the story ends in an unexpected way
twist ending |
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character says opposite of what he or she means
sarcasm |
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| the way a character is described throughout the story |
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author clearly states the character's personality or temperament
no inference needed |
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reader has to infer what the character's personality is like based on:
physical appearance
words/actions/thoughts/feelings
reactions of other characters |
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| hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a piece of literature |
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| characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. |
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| generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulnesss or vindictiveness |
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| having or showing acute mental discernment |
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| an animated or excited gesture |
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| a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances |
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| a feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event; presentiment |
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| an act or instance of sacrifice |
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| endowed with a characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship |
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| the condition or quality of being devoid of freshness or originality |
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| society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding |
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| performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial |
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| firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty |
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| equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity |
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| not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable |
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| to depart in a sudden and secret manner |
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| agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart |
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| having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable |
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| a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning |
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| a sudden alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay |
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| a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
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| strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger |
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| moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation especially over some trifling annoyance. |
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like thesis
what the author is trying to prove |
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evidence or information author supplies to convince the audience
taking quotes and weaving them back to the claim
logos, ethos, and pathos are types of support |
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the author's reasoning or general principle
not directly stated; implied
theme |
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| materials provided that build credibility with the reader; sometimes credible people |
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| emotional proof that strengthens logical conviction. inappropriate when distracts the audience from the logical conclusion of the argument |
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| facts, reasons, and opinions based on reality. They rely on factual information, statistics, and counts of actual events, past and present. |
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| address opposing argument and admit its validity, but reassert your argument as superior. |
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| address opposing argument as invalid |
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logical reasoning
if A=B and B=C then A=C |
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| a short story meant to draw audience in an emotional way |
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| suggesting that the character of one's associates in indicative of that person's character |
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| a conclusion that is not supported by the evidence and arguments presented |
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| also called "circular reasoning" or "circular logic", the claim is simply restated over and over as proof of itself |
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| an error in inductive reasoning where a conclusion is based on unrepresentative examples |
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| disproportionately representing only one side of an argument |
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| cause and effect with a false cause |
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| providing irrelevant, misleading support that divers attention from the real issue of the argument |
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