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Language - English
11th Grade
12/13/2012

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Anadiplosis
Definition

A rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next

 

Example: "When I give, I give myself." (Walt Whitman)

 

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anaphora
Definition

a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the begining of successive clauses

 

Example: I think I can, I think I will, I think I did.

 

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Antimetabole
Definition

a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order (A-B-C, C-B-A)

 

Example: I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me

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Antithesis
Definition

opposition, contrasting statements describing the same thing

 

Example: "Give me liberty or give me death."

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apposition
Definition

the act of placing toegether or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition

 

Example:"It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster--the period of soya beans and Basic English--and in consequence the book is infused with a kind of gluttony, for food and wine, for the splendors of the recent past, and for rhetorical and ornamental language, which now with a full stomach I find distasteful."
(Evelyn Waugh in 1959 on his wartime novel Brideshead Revisited)

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Asyndeton
Definition

deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses. the effect of this device is to produce a hurried rhythm in the sentence.

 

Example: "I came,  I saw, I conquered." (Julius Ceasar)

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Chiasmus
Definition

reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.

Chiasmus is similar to antimetabole but it is unlike in that it does not involve a repettition of words.

 

Example:"exalts his enemies, his friends destroy." (John Dryden)

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Climax
Definition

arrangement of words, phrases or clauses in an order of increasing importance.

 

Example:"let a man acknowledge obligations to his family, hiis country, and his God." (student paper)

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Ellipsis
Definition

deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context.

 

Example:"so singularly clear was the water that when it was only twenty or thirty feet deep the bottom seemed floating on air! yes, where it was even eighty feet deep. every little pebble was distinc, every speckled trout, every hand's breadth of sand." (Mark Twain)

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Epanalepsis
Definition

repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause.

 

Example:"blood hath brought blood, and blows have awnsered blows:strength match'd whith strength, and power confronted power." (Shakespeare, King John)

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Epistrophe
Definition

repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

 

Example:"But to all of those who would be tempted by weakness, let us leave no doubt that we will be as strong as we need to be for as long as we need to be."

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Hyperbole
Definition

The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect

 

Example:"It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days." (Gabriel Garcia Amrquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude)

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Isocolon
Definition

a scheme of parallel structure which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length.(number of words or even number of syllables)

 

Example:"an envious heart makes a treacherous ear." (Their Eyes Were Watching God)

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Parallelism
Definition

similarity of structure in a pari or series or related words, phrases, or clauses.

 

Example: "So Janey waited a bloom time, and a green time and and orange time."(Their Eyes Were Watching God)

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Parenthesis
Definition

insetion of some verbal unit ina position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow fo the sentences

 

Example:"Those two spots are among the darkest of our whole civilization-pardon me, our whoe culture(an importnat distinction, I've heard) which might sound like a hoaz, or a contradiction, bbut that (by contradiction, I mean) is how the world moves:not like an arrow but a boomerang."(Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man)

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Polysyndeton
Definition

deliberate use of many conjunctions

 

Example:"i said,'who killed him?' and he said 'I dont know who killed him but he's dead all right.' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown down..." (Ernest Hemingway)

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Polyptoton
Definition

the stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated (e.g. "strong" and "strength")

 

Example:"With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder."(shakespeare)

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Rhetorical Question
Definition

A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be obvious or immediately provided by the questioner.

 

Example:"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
(H. L. Mencken)

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Declarative Syntax
Definition

makes a statement

 

Example: I have a pen.

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Interogative Syntax
Definition

asks a question

 

Example: Do you have a pen?

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Imperative Syntax
Definition

Gives a command

 

Example: Get me a pen.

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Exclamatory Syntax
Definition

expresses strong feelings

 

Example: You have a pen!

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Simple Sentences
Definition

an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought

 

Example: Courtney went to the library to study.

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Compound Sentences
Definition

contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator(FANBOYS)

 

Example: I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.

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Complex Sentenes
Definition

an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator like because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which

 

Example: Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.

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Compond-Complex Sentences
Definition

an independent clause and a dependent clause

 

Example: The book that I read is on the shelf.

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Periodic Sentences
Definition

Main point comes at the end

 

Example:In opening minds, instilling values, and creating opportunities, education has no equal.

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Cummulative Sentences
Definition

Main point is at the beginning

 

Example:"He dipped his hands in the bichloride solution and shook them--a quick shake, fingers down, like the fingers of a pianist above the keys."
(Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, 1925)

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Independent clause
Definition

group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence

 

Example: Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz.

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Dependent Sentences
Definition

words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought

 A dependent clause cannot be a sentence.

 

Example:When Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz...

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Analysis VS. Summary
Definition

Analysis explains WHY the writer does something to back up their Arguement/Claim.

 

Summary is when you just explain what the reader does or says without the WHY

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Steps In Analysis
Definition

1. Figure out what the prompt is asking

2. Identify the arguement

3. Find out how the author supports their arguement

4. why does the author do that?

 

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Diction
Definition

the way the author talks

Ex. tone/wordchoice/evokes an emotion

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Syntax
Definition

how the author aranges their sentences

Ex. long/short/long followed by short

Awnser the question why do they do that?

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Imagery
Definition

The way the author explains things or maybe things they describe to emphazise their claim/arguement

Ex. narration/description/diction

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Figurative Language
Definition
ways to compare things to prove a point, this creates a new way to think about the authors point
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Structure
Definition
the way the author structures their peice can affect how they come across or how they emphasize their point
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Tone
Definition
the authors tone helps show the autors perspective and hwo they feel about their arguement or topic they are talking about
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Defending an Arguement
Definition
Supporting the authors arguement with their own evidence (toes)
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 Refuting and Arguement
Definition
Making the authors arguement untrue with your own counter evidence
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Qualifying an Arguement
Definition
Setting terms for the authors arguement where sometimes its true but others its not
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Claim/Evidence/Warrent
Definition
A claim is a thing you set up to be true then further it with evidence, which makes it true, then you connect them with a why which is your warrent
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Rhetorical Triangle
Definition
the speaker, audience, and your message. they are all connected when making an arguement
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Underlining/italics
Definition
you underline/useitalics when you are talking about book titles
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Quotation Marks
Definition
used when talking about names of peices like articles, essays, or excerps.
Term
Capitalization, grammar, punctuation
Definition
these are all very important when trying to write a good essay
Term
candid
Definition
frank; outspoken
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Enthusiastic
Definition
overly excited
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colloquial
Definition

 characteristics of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation

talking to your friends

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condemnatory
Definition
to condem something
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outraged
Definition
angry; overly upset at something; furious
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hysterical
Definition
uncontrollably emotional, mostly sad or shock
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consoling
Definition
to alleviate grief;sorrow;disappointment
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supportive
Definition
to be in agreement, or backing up something
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sympathetic
Definition
to feel sadness with someone; having compassion for someone who is upset
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sneering
Definition
to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt
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condescending
Definition
patronizing attitude towards something
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judgemental
Definition
forming oppinions about someones actions/conduct without really knowing them
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