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Appeal to Tradition

Front

Def: we should continue to do it this way because we've always done it this way Ex: Church should begin at 11am because that's the time that we have always begun the church service.

Back

Apposition

Front

Def: addition of an adjacent, coordinate, explanatory element Ex: My friend, Sue.

Back

Meiosis

Front

Def: understatement used deliberately Ex: The super bowl is not a big deal it's just a game.

Back

Loose sentence

Front

Def: main idea (subject / verb) comes first, followed by subordinate clauses Ex: I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy, and shopped at the mall.

Back

Ad Hominem

Front

Def: attacks the person, not the issue Ex: All murderers are criminals, but a thief isn't a murderer, and so can't be a criminal.

Back

Asyndeton

Front

Def: omission of conjunctions between a series of clauses Ex: I came, I saw, I conquered

Back

Assonance

Front

Def: repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of adjacent words. Ex: Try to light the fire

Back

Paradox

Front

Def: a seemingly contradictory statement that contains a measure of truth. Ex: Your enemy's friend is your enemy

Back

Antecedent

Front

Def: the noun a pronoun refers to Ex: Adeline bit her lip.

Back

Isocolon

Front

Def: a series of similarly structured elements having the same length. Ex: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness

Back

Bandwagon

Front

Def: everybody's doing it, so therefore you should do it too Ex: The drink everybody loves

Back

Anaphora

Front

Def: repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. Ex: Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.

Back

Slippery Slope

Front

Def: assumes that because one thing is allowed, other, more grievous things will follow Ex: If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will have gained back the 15 pounds you lost.

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Polysyndeton

Front

Def: opposite of asyndeton, a superabundance of conjunctions Ex: days became a blur of meaningless events - wake up, brush teeth, make the coffee, get the mail, fix dinner, watch TV

Back

Colloquialism

Front

Def: phrases used in casual conversation, often associated with particular regions of the country Ex: ain't

Back

Chiasmus

Front

Def: repetition of grammatical structures in reverse order in successive phrases or clauses Ex: Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate

Back

Antithesis

Front

Def: placement of two items (ideas, words, phrases, style items, etc...) next to each other Ex: Dark and light.

Back

Anticlimactic

Front

Def: an expectation is established, then something comes along which deflates the expectation Ex: It was great, it was good, it was ok

Back

Anecdote

Front

Def: a personal story or example used to make a point in a larger work Ex: two friends are arguing about driving directions.

Back

Refute

Front

Def: to prove wrong by argument or evidence Ex: But for every study that shows acid rain is damaging frogs, another one refutes it.

Back

Juxtaposition

Front

Def: contrasting ideas placed side by side, often using parallel structure Ex: "small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind."

Back

Jargon

Front

Def: specialized language of a profession or other group Ex: Bang for the buck

Back

Polyptoton

Front

Def: repeating the same root in different forms Ex: watch and watchmen

Back

Concede

Front

Def: to acknowledge and accept as true or valid Ex: Your plan might work, but mine is better

Back

Epistrophe

Front

Def: repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses. Ex: Last week, he was just fine. Yesterday, he was just fine. And today, he was just fine.

Back

Periodic sentence

Front

Def: Subordinate clauses come first, then main idea (subject / verb) concludes the sentence Ex: Despite the blinding snow, the freezing temperatures, and the heightened threat of attack from polar bears, the team continued.

Back

Rhetorical Question

Front

Def: asking a question for the purpose of asserting or denying something, not for an answer Ex: You didn't think I would say yes to that, did you?

Back

Euphemism

Front

Def: nonthreatening language that is substituted for more explicit language Ex: Passed away instead of died.

Back

Anadiplosis

Front

Def: repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. Ex: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.

Back

Climatic

Front

Def: the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance Ex: It was fun, great, fantastic, incredible.

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