Vocabulary 1
Marked by a persistent absence of good luck.
What is the meaning of hapless?
with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
What is the meaning of askance?
a reference to some fairly well-known event, place, or person?
What is an allusion?
Comparison with the use of like or as
What is a simile?
What is the rhetorical triangle?
To do without, abstain from, give up.
What is the meaning of forgo?
Lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted.
What is the meaning of lackadaisical?
a device in which the writer repeats a word or phrase as the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences
What is anaphora?
When the writer elaborates on the definition of a word to make sure there is no misunderstanding.
What is distinctio?
Utilizes specific resources to support an argument.
What is a synthesis?
clothing, garments
What is raiment?
grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject.
The act of supplying a list of details about something.
What is enumeratio?
the force of a descriptive statement is less than what one would normally expect
What is understatement?
Analyzes the rhetorical choices a speaker uses to convey a specific message to a specific audience
What is a Rhetorical Analysis?
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
What is a juggernaut?
to cast overboard, get rid of an unnecessary or burdensome
What is the meaning of Jettison?
attaching a descriptive adjective to a noun to bring a scene to life or evoke a particular idea or emotion
What is epithet?
organizational structure with a consistent structure in a general or multiple part of a sentence or for multiple sentences
What is parallelism?
Toulmin, Rogerian, Artistotelian
What are types of Argument Models?
Marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons.
What is the meaning of obsequious?
To overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify
What is the meaning of Conciliate?
a device in which unexpected items in a sentence are linked together by a shared word
What is Zeugma?
leave out conjunctions in a list or between clauses
What is asyndeton?
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