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English Vocab

im so fucking screwed for the test

QuestionAnswer
rhetoric persuasive language
what are the appeals logos, ethos, pathos
Ethos credibility
Pathos emotional appeal
Logos logic appeal
what was the primer? a textbook for puritan children
Allusion reference to another work
Simile comparison using like or as
Slant Rhyme rhyme with 2 similar sounds
Metaphor comparison
Couplet pair of lines
rhyme to words put together that have the same sound at the end of them
anaphora repetition to drill in a point at the beginning of things
verse poetry
connotation implied meaning of a word
denotation literal meaning of a word
Who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? Jonathan Edwards
imagery descriptive language
figurative language meaningful words/phrases that are not literally true
charged language words that inspire emotion
call to action words designed to make the audience act
Who was Anna Bradstreet? A puritan woman who liked to write poetry. Her work was published against her will
inverted syntax rearrangement of sentence structure
Idiom common phrase with a figurative meaning that cannot be understood just by looking at the literal definitions
litotes A deliberate understatement for effect; the opposite of hyperbole
conceit an extended, elaborate metaphor or simile over the whole work
hyperbole a deliberate overstatement
ignominy sin
physiognamy face
edifice building
iniquity sin
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