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Second semester terms
Vocabulary that will be used final exam
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English
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2012

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Folktale
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A story that comes from either a historical reference or legend. It is usually orally and can include fairytales, myth, Nursery rhymes, tables, and ghost tales.
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Poetry (Lao tzu )
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Verse
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Aphorism (Lao tzu )
Definition
A compressed statement weighty with meaning.
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Paradox (Lao tzu )
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A statement with contradictory principles.
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Conspicuous consumption
Definition
Buying goods and services to give impression of being wealthy.
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Pathos (emotional)
Definition
Appeals to the emotions, usually through means of shock, pity, or fear.
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Logos(logic)
Definition
Appeals to rationalize, usually through means of facts and statistics.
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Ethos (ethical)
Definition
Appeals to the ethics or reputation, usually through means of providing reasonable sources.
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Hasty generalizations(Logical Fallacies)
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A conclusion based on insignificant evidence.
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Stereotypes (Logical Fallacies)
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A conclusion that states characteristic applying to a group.
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False analogy (Logical Fallacies)
Definition
Assumes that if two things are alike, they must be alike in others.
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Post hoc (Logical Fallacies)
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"After this, therefore, because of this"" assumes that our event occurred because a another caused it.
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Non-sequenced (Logical Fallacies)
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"It does not follow"assumes that a concluded is irrelevant to the event.
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Circular argument (Logical Fallacies)
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Repeating a claim without adding evidence.
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adhomuium (Logical Fallacies)
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"To the man"basing a conclusion on a person's faults instead of qualifications.
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Definition (Fukuyama's Rehtoric )
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Can be used to develop a paragraph, section, or an entire essay. It considers questions of function, purpose, circumstance, origin, and implications explanations and examples make definitions more complete.
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Enumeration (Fukuyama's Rehtoric )
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Listing a series numerical
first, second, third
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Style
Definition
The way in which a writer relies on sentence structure and vocabulary.
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Definition (Gould's Rhetoric)
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Can be used to develop a paragraph, section, or an entire essay. It considers questions of function, purpose, circumstance, origin, and implications explanations and examples make definitions more complete.
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anthropomorphism (Gould's Rhetoric)
Definition
Attributing human characteristics to something not human.
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Testimony (Gould's Rhetoric)
Definition
Gathering information and incidences both real and imaginary from many different sources.(Quotation from sources)
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Metaphor (Gould's Rhetoric)
Definition
Using figurative language for comparison.
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metonymy (Gould's Rhetoric)
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Using a part that stands for the whole.
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Definition (Darwin's Rhetoric)
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Can be used to develop a paragraph, section, or an entire essay. It considers questions of function, purpose, circumstance, origin, and implications explanations and examples make definitions more complete.
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Testimony (Darwin's Rhetoric)
Definition
Gathering information and incidences both real and imaginary from many different sources.(Quotation from sources)
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induction (Darwin's Rhetoric)
Definition
Utilizing strong examples that are concrete and specific and pointing out that examples that is relevant to your position.
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Comparison (Darwin's Rhetoric)
Definition
Defining two or more elements to be compared; discussing their shared and unique qualities and having being clear for the comparison.
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