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What is rhetoric?
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The Ability to communicate effectively, to convey a message
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Accost
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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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Animadversion
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a comment indicating strong critisim or disapproval
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Avid
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desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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brackish
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having a salty taste and unpleasent to drink
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celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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Devious
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straing or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
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halcyon
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a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of relating to the halcyon; calm peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artifical; melodramatic
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indendiary
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deliberately setting or causng fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist
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malestrom
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whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
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mypoic
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nearsighted
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overt
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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pejorative
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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propriety
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state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper of socially acceptable
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something help sacred
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summarily
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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestlu, a petioner, suitor
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Talisman
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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet, fetish
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undulate
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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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Antithesis
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the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
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Understatement
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to state or present with restraint especially for effect
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Hyperbole
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over exageration
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Emotional Appeal
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Pathos
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Ethical Appeal
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Ethos
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Logical
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logos
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Are men made roughly equal?
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roughly equal: same, fair, rights, ability
Comensation (ex: really good at math not good in English) |
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______ and _______ drive our society because we think we're equal.
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envy; jealousy
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How do social contracts control chaos?
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-rules/consequences
-gov't system -fear the repercussions |
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Context of Leviathan
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-1651
-Civil War in England -War between monarchy and parliament (something needs to be there/don't throw out social contracts) |
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The title "Leviathan"
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allusion to the Bible (a sea monster) People who are ggreedy or envious.
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Why does an author use hyperbole?
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-energy and enthusiasim
-draw attention back/focus -comparison |
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Why does an author use understatement?
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-evoke shock
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