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English flash cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colloquia/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |
| Coherrence | aA principl demanding that the parts of any composition be arrange so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. |
| connotaion | The nonliteral associative meaning of a word the implied suggested meaning |
| denotation | The strict literal dictionary defenation of a word devoid of any emotion attitude or color |
| Diction | related to style diction refers to the writers word choices especially with regard to thier correcness clearness or effectives. |
| Ethos | Appealing to ethics, An ethical appeal make use of what an audiencevalues and belives to be good ot true. |
| Euphemism | the use of a word or phrase that is less direct less offensive than another EX: saying earthy reamins rather than corpe is an example of euphemism. |