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| The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.” |
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| a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
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| the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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| the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached. |
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| an expression of a general truth or principle;a principle or rule of conduct. |
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| reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) |
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| vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech |
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| the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation. |
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| the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc |
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| speaking or performing with little or no advance preparation |
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| A fallacy of false cause indicates that since one event followed another in time, the first must have caused the second: "Roosters crow just before the sun rises. Therefore, roosters crowing cause the sun to rise." |
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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively |
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| made or done without previous preparation |
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| reasoning from detailed facts to general principles |
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| The use of words to mean something very different from what they appear on the surface to mean. |
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| a fallacy in logical argumentation |
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| reason or the rational principle expressed in words and things, argument, or justification; esp personified as the source of order in the universe |
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| The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.” |
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| the phenomenon of a popular trend continuing to gain popularity |
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| the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached. |
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