Praxis 5154 (ELA & Social Studies) Exam
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features of contemporary meter, theme
poetry
features of contemporary theme, dialogue, plot
drama
the strategic use of sound reasoning, logic, claims,
logical appeal
and evidence.
tries to persuade the reader by using words that
emotional appeal appeal to the reader's emotions instead of to logic or
reason
Testimonial Evidence a statement made under oath
compares something that is not certain or known with
Analogical Evidence
a situation that is known
compares something that is not certain or known with
Circular Argument
a situation that is known. (If A, then B. If B, then A.)
irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant
Red Herring Fallacy information, distracting attention from that relevant
information
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when someone makes a claim about a series of events
slippery slope fallacy that would lead to one major event, usually a bad
event
figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to
Understatement intentionally make a situation seem less important
than it really is.
uses similar words, phrases, or clauses to show that
Parallelism
ideas have the same level of importance
Number refers to whether the subject is singular
Verb Number (being counted as one) or plural (being counted as
more than one
an economy in which production, investment, prices,
command economy and incomes are determined centrally by a
government.
an economic system in which production and prices
market economy are determined by unrestricted competition between
privately owned businesses.
an economic system in which peasants worked the
feudal economy
land owned by nobility
an economy which is not based on money, in which
buying and selling are absent or rudimentary though
subsistence economy
barter may occur, and which commonly provides a
minimal standard of living
government-induced restrictions on international
trade barriers
trade
mutual dependence of the participants in an
economic system who trade in order to obtain the
Interdependence
products they cannot produce efficiently for
themselves
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity
Embargo
with a particular country.
Recession A slowdown in a nation's economy
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