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Composition
English 100 class final study guide
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English
Undergraduate 1
09/21/2010

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Post hoc fallacy
Definition
One event followed the other. It is assumed that it was caused by the first.
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Passive Voice
Definition
The subject of the verb is acted upon
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Straw man
Definition
Selecting the opposition's weakest point to draw attention away from the real issue.
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Connotative
Definition

Emotion or meaning behind something

(Home - Warm and fuzzy)

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Non sequitur
Definition

It does not follow.

If some is good at something, then they would also be at teaching that. Logical fallacy.

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Active Voice
Definition
The subject of the verb is performing the action
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Denotative
Definition
Literal or dictionary definitions.
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Invective
Definition
Unrestrained anger
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FANBOYS
Definition

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

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Subjective
Definition

Persuasively tells the story

 

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Objective
Definition
Facts only for telling the story
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Point by point or block
Definition
Two principal patters of organization for comparison or contrast essays.
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Hypostatization
Definition
Writer uses abstract concepts as they were a concrete reality
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Inductive order
Definition
Begins with details, continues to a larger point
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Deductive order
Definition
Generalization followed by details
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