PSSA HELP!! Lauren Kight Pd.1

Hasty Generalization To jump to the easiest, quickest, most obvious conclusion without enough examples to support it

Red Herring Something that draws attention away from the central issue.

Appeal to Fear a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for his or her idea by increasing fear and prejudice toward a competitor.

False Cause informal fallacy which is committed when an argument assumes a causal relationship without sufficient grounds.

Bandwagon A cause or party that attracts increasing numbers of adherents

Prefixes Re - again, back Un – not/reversal or cancellation of action or state Mis - bad, badly De - down, away Dis - apart, not

Suffixes Able - able, can do Ous - full of Ment - act of, result Ness - state of Ful - full of

fallacy A false or erroneous idea.

Denotation The exact, literal dictionary definition of a word. Ex.) The denotation of the word home is simply "a place where one lives"

irony method of expression in which the ordinary meaning of a word or situation is the opposite of the thought in the speaker's mind; when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs.

parody humorous imitation of a serious writing; to make fun of something by copying it. A parody follows the form of the original.

sarcasm bitter, cutting remarks intended to hurt someone's feelings.

exaggeration to stretch the truth, make something seem better or worse that it really is. Hyperbole, a exaggerated ridiculous comparison for effect, can also be used.

Ridicule To make fun of something.

Pun There is only one way to open the door and that is the key.” a humorous use of a word where it can have different meanings; a play on words with almost the same meaning. There is only one way to open the door and that is the key.”

allusion a reference to a person, a place or event from a word of literature, myth, the Bible, history, sports, science, the arts, etc.

satire using irony, sarcasm, ridicule, etc. in a literary composition to hold human vices, weaknesses, etc. up to ridicule; the author's purpose is to to encourage the correction of the weakness, etc.

Tips Wake up Eat the crappy breakfast the school gives to you Listen to the crappy lectures they give you Go to testing room Listen to the teacher read the same directions everyday DO NOT FALL ASLEEP (this might be really hard but just try to deal) Go to get extra time to avoid your boring 4th period class Have a nice rest of the day 