HAP English Language and Composition Semester Exam.txt

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables.

An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event.

The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses.

A short account of an interesting event.

The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast.

Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas.

The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.

A belief or statement taken for granted without proof.

Leaving out conjunctions between word, phrases, clauses.

Prejudice of predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue.

An informal or conversational use of language.

A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding.

That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning.

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.

Worthy of belief; trustworthy.

A challenge to a position; an opposing argument.

Reasoning from general to specific.

The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition.

Word choice.

A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.

Urging, or strongly encouraging.

Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.

Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing)

Reasoning from specific to general.

A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject.

Placement of two things side by side for emphasis.

A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.

The repetition of similar grammaticalor syntactical patterns.

A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader apeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.

The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing.

Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate object.

The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions.

One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.

To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument.

The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persusasion."

A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer.

A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing.

The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech.

The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence.

A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise.

Sentence structure.

The centeral idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer.

The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience.

Method of development where the writer provides a series of examples (facts, specific cases, or instances).

A source's date of publishing and relevency to the topic.

Information that can be easily accessed through multiple sources.

An often plausible argument using false or invalid inference.

Occurring at or constituting the end of a period or series : concluding.

Expressive of a command, entreaty, or exhortation.

Attacking the person rather than the argument.

Beginning in the middle.

When an argument gives the reader no common ground.

An unfair comparison.

When an argument predicts the future without the evidence to back it up.

When an argument erroneously says one thing caused another.

The cause is one certain thing when it's actually far more complex.

Reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.