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ELA Week 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polysyndeton | The deliberate repetition of conjunctions between items in a series. Ex: We have ships and men and money and determination |
| Irony | A contrast between what is expected or started and what actually occurs or is meant. Ex: A fire station burns down while firefighters are away responding to another fire. |
| Antithesis | A placement of contracting ideas and parallel grammatical structure. Ex: We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools |
| Tricolon | A series of three parallel words, phrases or clauses . Ex: Government of the people by the people, for the people |
| Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a possible truth ex. the only constant is change. |
| Pathos | And appeal to the audiences emotions ex. a speaker describes hungry children, and frighten families mainly to stir sympathy |
| Rhetorical question | A question asked for a fact rather than to receive an actual answers. Example, if we do not act now, what kind of world will we leave our children? |
| Colloquial Language | Informal, everyday language associated with ordinary conversation ex. wording, such as that idea just doesn't fly with me |
| Ethos | an appeal based on the speakers credibility, character, or trust worthiness. Ex: dr emphasizes her years of training and experience |
| inductive reasoning | reasoning that moves from specific examples or observations to a broader conclusion . Ex: A writer examines several cities were public transit, reduced traffic, and concludes that expanded transit, generally reduces congestion. |
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