Transcript PSSA-Review

PSSA-Review
By Jonathan love
Propaganda
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Hasty
Generalization: To
jump to the
easiest, quickest,
most obvious
conclusion without
enough examples
to support it.
Appeal to Fear: the
persuasion by
frightening them
into it.
Propaganda cont.
False Cause: to say that somthing is
caused by your product and
implying only your product can do it
when everybody's can.
 Bandwagon: Saying everybody buys
our product you should too.
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Prefixes
Re: again, back
 Un: none
 Mis: wrong
 De: down
 Dis: apart, not
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Suffixes
Able: the ability
to do something
 Ous: to great
degree
 Ment: act of,
state of
 Ness: state of
 Ful: having
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Other Key Words
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Denotation:
Litteral meaning of
the word
Connotation: the
fealing assotiated
with the word.
Euphamism: a less
graphic word for a
potetialy insaluting
phrase(Censor).
Key words cont.
Irony:a litterary divice that uses
conflicting words
 Parody: a comic copy
 Sarcasm: a way of speech that the
word are an obvious falsehood ment
to scorn the listener
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Key words cont.
Exaggeration:Extending the truth
farther than it should
 Pun:a form of word play that
deliberately exploits ambiguity
between similar-sounding words for
humorous or rhetorical effect
 Figuritive language:speaking of
something figuritily
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Key words cont.
Allusion:a figure of speech that
makes a reference to, or
representation of, a place, event,
literary work, myth, or work of art,
either directly or by implication
 Satire:a literary genre or form
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Writing tips
Plan what to write first
 Make sure it is not off topic
 Make sure to answer all the
questions
 Have a good topic sentence
 Have repeat the topic sentence
differntly in the conclution
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