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Testing Vocab
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Although I am raising a tapir, I don't know since when. I don't know where he came from or how I wound up in raising him; I am raising him only because he is there by my side. He is neither cute nor of amiable nature. He doesn't sleep while I am sleeping and feeds from the crumbs of my dreams that have fallen on the floor.
What is Free verse poem?
100
Don't leave your shoes there, or my dog, Ollie, will munch them. (In this example, the appositive is Ollie. It is in apposition (as it's called) to my dog.)
What is Appositive
100
Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence its
What is Ethos
100
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase. Alliteration developed largely through poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's
What is Alleration
100
But it is time to conclude this introduction lest it anticipate and forestall the work, instead of merely preceding it.
What is conclude
200
As evenings dark began to close in a little girl wipes her nose on her sleeve. Listless and hungry she walks in the snow a poor and lost soul, one cold New Year’s Eve. Her dead mothers slippers were much to large, they were flip flopping while crossing the street, two wild carriages coming full speed made her lose them, now she walks in bare feet.
What is A Narrative Poem
200
An independent clause (or main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by itself.
What is a independent clause
200
The mode of pathos is, more often than not, construed as fundamentally emotive, by extension leaving logos unemotive. Another interpretation is that logos invokes emotions relevant to the issue at hand, whereas pathos invokes emotions that
What is Pathos
200
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
What is Allusion
200
to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
What is Summarizes
300
poetry, a stanza is a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or different indentation.[1] Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes, though stanzas are not strictly required to have either. There are many unique forms of stanzas. Some stanzaic forms are simple, such as four-line quatrains. Other forms are more
What is A Stanza
300
a dependent clause (or a subordinate clause) is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses either modify the independent clause
What is a dependent Clause
300
What logos means here is not certain: it may mean 'reason' or 'explanation' in the sense of an objective cosmic law; or it may signify nothing more than 'saying' or 'wisdom'.[24] Yet, an independent existence of a universal logos was clearly suggested by Heraclitus.[25]
What is logos
300
Hyperbole hyperbolē, "exaggeration") is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.[2][3]
What is Hyperbloe
300
Something that is factual is concerned with facts or contains facts, rather than giving theories or personal interpretations.
What is factual claim
400
Lyric poetry is a form of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.[1] The term derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the lyric, which was defined by its musical accompaniment, usually on a stringed instrument known as
What is Lyrical Poem
400
Some students like to study in the mornings. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day.
What is A Compound sentence
400
Fallacies are defects that weaken arguments. By learning to look for them in your own and others’ writing, you can strengthen your ability to evaluate the arguments you make, read, and hear. It is important to realize two things about fallacies: first, fallacious
What is fallacies
400
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:
What is Imagery
400
express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
What is Paraphrase
500
A limerick is a form of poetry,[1] especially one in five-line anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The first, second and fifth lines are usually longer than the third and fourth. Th
What is Limerick
500
A group of words that has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. Also known as a subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence
500
The bandwagon effect is a phenomenon whereby the rate of uptake of beliefs, ideas, fads and trends increases the more that they have already been adopted by others
What is bandwagon
500
the action of making statements that represent something as better or worse than it really is.
What is Exaggeration
500
roviding useful information or knowledge
What is Informational