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73 Cards in this Set
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active reading |
reading something with a determination to understand and evaluate it for its relevance to your needs |
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allusion |
reference, often to lit, history, mythology, etc that's unacknowledged in the text but that the author expects a reader to recognized |
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ambiguity |
open to more than one interpretation; ex. an open ended story |
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ambivalence |
having mixed feelings about something or someone |
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analogy |
comparing two things for the purpose of explanation |
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annotate |
adding notes to a text and explaining/commenting on it |
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argument |
talking about the opposite story's view; relies on logic and reason |
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assertion |
a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief |
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bias |
in favor of one side more than the other, considered to be unfair |
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Bloom's NEW Taxonomy |
1. creating 2. evaluating 3. analyzing 4. applying 5. understanding 6. remembering |
Calum Eats An Apple Under wRaps |
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Bloom's OLD Taxonomy |
1. evaluation 2. synthesis 3. analysis 4. application 5. comprehension 6. knowledge |
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brainstorming |
producing an idea or way of solving a problem by holding a spontaneous group discussion |
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canon |
a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged |
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character analysis |
evaluating a character's traits, their role in the story, and the conflicts they experience |
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claim |
stating that something is the case, typically without proof |
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classic |
a timeless, highest quality piece of its kind, and something that the readers find important enough to keep alive for a long period of time |
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concede |
admitting that something is true after denying it at first |
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consistency |
steady pattern |
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contradiction |
if one is true, the other MUST be false |
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conventional theme |
traditional/typical theme |
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critical thinking |
the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment |
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cultural context |
looking at the society that the characters live in and how their culture can affect their behavior |
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deductive reasoning |
if the premises are true, the conclusion has to be true |
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definition: ostensive |
directly or clearly demonstrative |
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definition: stipulative |
a new or currently-existing term is given a specific meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context |
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ethos |
appeal to character of speaker or writer |
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examples: contrived |
deliberately created rather than naturally or spontaneously |
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explicate/explication |
analyzing and developing in detail |
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fiction: obscure |
not discovered or known about; uncertain |
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imagery |
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
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inductive leap |
using info about a specific observation to make a general conclusion |
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inductive reasoning |
multiple premises, all believed to be true or mostly true , are combined to obtain a specific conclusion |
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inference |
statement about the unknown based on what's known |
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integrating sources |
allowing the reader to see that you researched the topic and used work from experts in the field |
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literary canon |
a piece of work that is genuine and considered the most influential in a certain field |
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literary criticism |
practice of judging and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works |
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appeal to reason |
logic reason |
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opinion |
personal belief |
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paradox |
self contradictory and can't be true at first BUT may be proven true when investigated |
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paraphrase |
explaining the story in your own words in greater depth |
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pathos |
appeal to emotion |
phat emotions |
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plagiarism: imitation of syntax |
rearranging words and phrases to create well-formed sentences |
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premises |
an assertion or proposition that forms the basis for a work or theory |
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qualifiers |
to limit scope/degree |
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quantifiers |
to limit in numbers
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rationalization |
attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons |
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reduction ad absurdum |
taking someone's argument and making it extreme |
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refute |
prove something to be wrong |
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rhetoric |
persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques |
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safe evident |
obvious |
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syllogisms: affirmative |
agreeing with a statement or to a request |
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syllogisms: conclusion |
what happens at the end |
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syllogisms: distributed |
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syllogisms: equivocation
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using ambiguous language to conceal the truth |
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syllogisms: invalid |
not |
not true |
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syllogisms: major premise |
either a broad judgement or a definition |
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syllogisms: middle term |
term used in both premises but not the conclusion |
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syllogisms: minor premise |
usually an inference about a particular situation (or person), is supported or should be supported by relevant evidence |
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syllogisms: negative |
not true/bad conclusion |
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syllogisms: particular |
specific |
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syllogisms: true |
corresponds with reality |
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syllogisms: universal |
everything |
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syllogisms: valid |
the two premises are constructed in such a way that the conclusion follows logically |
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antithesis |
statement that takes an arguable position opposite from yours |
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Toulmin Logic: grounds |
the evidence used to prove something |
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Toulmin Logic: claim |
what you are proving with the grounds |
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Toulmin Logic: warrant |
the assumption or principle that connects the grounds to the claim |
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visual impact |
a change in the appearance of the landscape as a result of development which can be positive (improvement) or negative (detraction) |
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expository writing |
used to explain, describe, give info, or inform |
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literary argument |
a brief summary, often in prose, of a poem or section of a poem or other work |
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dispute |
disagreement |
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euphemism |
a nicer way to say something |
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contrary
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can't both be true, but both can be false |
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