Unit 2: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  2. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  3. logical
    based on known statements or events or conditions
  4. anecdotal
    based on stories rather than data or scientific observation
  5. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  6. anaphora
    repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses
  7. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  8. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  9. narrative
    consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
  10. pace
    the relative speed of progress or change
  11. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
Created on Thu Jan 14 15:29:21 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jan 18 12:58:40 EST 2021)

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