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ethos
What is a Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals
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The earth is round.
What is facts
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hoartetory
What is incorrect, hortatory
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the soldier strong
What is inversion
100
irony
What is a contradiction between what is said and what is meant, incongruity between action and result
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explication of text
What is explanation of a text meaning through an analysis of all its constituent parts, inducing the literary devices used also called close reading.
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Her voice sounds like Madonna.
What is figurative language
200
juckstepotition
What is incorrect, juxtaposition
200
the assignment was a breeze
What is metaphor
200
logos
What is a Greek term that means word, an appeal to logic, and one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals
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figure of speech
What is an expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning.
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an unfinished sentence.
What is fragment
300
metanome
What is incorrect, metonymy
300
once upon a time...
What is narration
300
modifier
What is a word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause
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imperative sentence
What is a sentence that requests or demands
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I am so hungry i could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole
400
nomenelisation
What is incorrect, nominalization
400
jumbo shrimp
What is oxymoron
400
pacing
What is the relative speed or slowness which with a story is told or an idea is presented
500
induction
What is reasoning from specific to general
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A person remembering what their first pet looked like.
What is imagery
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omnessient narater
What is incorrect, omniscient narrator
500
bittersweet
What is paradox
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parallelism
What is the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns