Vocab of the Past
Rhetorical Terms
Grammar and Syntax
Argument Terms
Satire Terms
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Trepidation
What is a feeling of fear in anticipation of something bad happening?
100
When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
100
The word "ennui" is this part of speech.
What is a noun?
100
speaker, audience, and purpose make up this
What is the rhetorical triangle?
100
Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings.
What is Horatian satire?
200
deleterious
What word means causing harm or damage, often in a subtle or unexpected way?
200
Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure
What is antithesis?
200
This is a figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses.
What is polysyndeton?
200
This type of fallacy occurs when one argues something is valid because a majority agrees.
What is the ad populum?
200
A Modest Proposal
What is an example of satire?
300
encumber
What word means to restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult
300
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
What is an allegory?
300
The following passage contains this type of syntax: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
What is anaphora?
300
This is the definition of "slippery slope."
What logical fallacy is when the arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take place, but there’s really not enough evidence for that assumption?
300
A form of comedy characterized by ridiculous exaggeration and distortion.A serious subject may be treated frivolously or a frivolous subject seriously.
What is burlesque?
400
capricious
What word means given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior?
400
a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
What is a euphemism?
400
A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
What is chiasmus?
400
This argument term is the principle, provision or chain of reasoning that connects the grounds/reason to the claim
What is a warrant?
400
A situation where the opposite result occurs than then one intended or expected.
What is situational irony?
500
brazen
What is 1. sounding harsh and loud like struck brass 2. marked by contemptuous boldness
500
A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called “major” and the second, “minor”) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion Example: Major premise: All men are mortal Minor premise: Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is mortal
What is a syllogism?
500
The following is what type of sentence? I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday, visited Santa, and dressed up as an elf.
What is a loose sentence?
500
Below is an example of this logical fallacy: “Ms. Flachsbart gave the students more homework, and then half of the class got sick. Homework causes sickness.”
What is false cause or post hoc?
500
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. Particular techniques include oxymoron, metaphor, and irony.
What is incongruity?
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