ENG3B - Unit 3 Test Vocabulary

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Anecdote

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A personal story shared for effect

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Juxtaposition

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The placing of two words or ideas side by side to compare and contrast them

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things

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Understatement

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The presentation of something as less than it really is

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Empathy

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Understanding the feelings of other people

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Nefariously

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In a morally bad way, or flagrantly wicked

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Affix

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A morpheme added to a base word

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Ad Hoc Fallacy

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An invented explanation that explains away a counterargument

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Post Hoc Fallacy

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A false claim that something that happened earlier is a cause of a later event

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Red Herring Fallacy

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An argument in which irrelevant information distracts from relevant information