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English III
BPI Final Exam Review 2009
35
English
11th Grade
05/31/2009

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ad populum fallacy
Definition
a socially accepted argument
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allegory
Definition
symbolic story
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of a sound at the beginning of a group of words
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anadiplosis
Definition
beginning a clause with the word or phrase that ended the previous clause (AB, BC, CD, etc...)
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analogy
Definition
simile used to explain or support an argument
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anecdote
Definition
relating a brief story to explain something or illustrate a point
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antecedent
Definition
word before a pronoun
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antithesis
Definition
opposite argument
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aphorism
Definition
short, witty saying that doesn't need context to make sense
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apostrophe
Definition
personification through direct contact
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biblical/historical/mythological
allusion
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indirect reference to bible/history/mythology
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chiasmus
Definition
crossing of two parts of a sentence
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connotation
Definition
meaning based on context
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consonance (asonance)
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repetition of a consonant (vowel) soun anywhere
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denotation
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dictionary definition

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dialect

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written use of slang and vernacular

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didactic purpose
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moral purpose (humanistic, religious, etc.)

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emotional appeal

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pathos

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ethical appeal

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ethos

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hasty generalization

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conclusion drawn from limited data

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hyperbole

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exaggeration through figurative language

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inversion
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reversal of subject and predicate

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litotes

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undersatement using a negative to imply a positive

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logical appeal

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logos

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meter

Definition
uniform rhythm
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modes of discourse

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purpose for writing (persuasive, expository, narrative, or descriptive)

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mood [NOT tone]

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overall feel

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occasion
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reason that something was written for
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paradox

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contradictory statement

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parallelism

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similar parts of a clause in similar form

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post hoc fallacy

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assuming that a later effect comes from an earlier cause

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syllogism

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if A and B, then C
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synecdoche
[similar to metonomy]
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a part representing a whole

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syntax

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language structure

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tone [NOT mood]

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attitude towards something

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