• non sequitur (English: /nɒn ˈsɛkwɪtər/ non SEK-wit-ər, Classical Latin: [noːn ˈsɛkᶣɪtʊr]; "[it] does not follow") is a conversational literary device...
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  • by its premises Non sequitur (literary device), an irrelevant, often humorous comment to a preceding topic or statement Non Sequitur (comic strip), a...
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  • science: Proceedings. Doctrine of Absurdity Illogical Nonsense Non sequitur (literary device) Ridiculous Silliness Stupidity The Moon is made of green cheese...
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    Fact–value distinction Lottery of birth Meaning of life Nihilism Non sequitur (literary device) Pataphysics Peter Wessel Zapffe Philosophical pessimism The...
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  • Anacoluthon Anapodoton Prosiopesis Quos ego Figure of speech Non sequitur (literary device) Other English translations insert extra words, example "I had...
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  • Star Trek episode about time anomalies and their impact) Non sequitur, for the literary device and invalid argument Star Trek Voyager Companion by Paul...
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  • this meaning by Kurt Schneider in 1959. Nonsense Non sequitur (logic) and non sequitur (literary device) Red herring Relevance logic Schizophasia SCIgen...
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  • contemporary DJ". English as She Is Spoke Figure of speech Non sequitur (literary device) Dangling modifier "Anacoluthon - Definition and More from the...
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    relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring...
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  • Anti-humor (redirect from Non-joke)
    statement used in Zen practice No soap radio – Joke phrase Non sequitur – Conversational literary device Warren A. Shibles, Humor Reference Guide: A Comprehensive...
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    cause and manner. Noema – speech that is deliberately subtle or obscure. Non sequitur – a statement bearing no relationship to the preceding context. Onomatopoeia...
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  • Absurdist fiction (category Literary genres)
    The absurdist humor is described as a manner of comedy that relies on non-sequiturs, violation of causality, and unpredictable juxtapositions. However,...
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    the pronoun we to refer to oneself when expressing a personal opinion. Non sequitur: statement that bears no relationship to the context preceding. Onomatopoeia:...
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    Although the catastrophe must be foreshadowed so as not to appear as a non sequitur, there could be for the doomed hero a prospect of relief, where the final...
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    that would be needed to 'rectify' ... accretions, ... repetitions, non sequiturs and confusions that mark the present text," and the work is a "representation...
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  • a Roman named Petronius; it may in fact be by Charlton Ogburn, 1957.[non sequitur] Petronius' high position soon made him the object of envy for those...
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    was the case under common law. This legal principle was called partus sequitur ventrum. By an act of 1699, Virginia ordered the deportation of all free...
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    his earliest efforts contained numerous malapropisms and descriptive non sequiturs which irritated both editors and readers. During these early attempts...
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  • well as inconsistent dialogue that "can veer from wittily wicked to non-sequitur", and minor characters who "drift in and out of scenes". "An introduction...
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    Donald Barthelme (category 20th-century American non-fiction writers)
    unrelated detail. By subverting the reader's expectations through constant non-sequiturs, Barthelme creates a fragmented verbal collage reminiscent of such modernist...
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    Constructions of surreal humour tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, non-sequiturs, irrational, or absurd situations and expressions of nonsense. Whimsical:...
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  • difficult to argue for a mimetic connection. Especially helpful are non sequiturs or other unusual elements present in the later text which parallel the...
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  • the use of such innovations as "the short explanatory chapter and the non-sequitur illustration". After the manuscript of Chinaman won the 2008 Gratiaen...
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    regardless of whether they have any expertise relating to the product. In non-sequitur fashion, it does not follow that the endorsement provides any guarantee...
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    rational, fact-based arguments against an idea or belief on its own merits. Non sequitur A type of logical fallacy, in which a conclusion is made out of an argument...
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  • Liturgical Press. ISBN 0-8146-5880-6, 978-0-8146-5880-2. p. 10. "Actore non probante reus absolvitur", Ballantine's Law Dictionary (1916) – via openjurist...
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  • Although the catastrophe must be foreshadowed so as not to appear as a non sequitur, there could be for the doomed hero a prospect of relief, where the final...
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    Ben Jonson (category English literary critics)
    Every Man out of His Humour, a pedantic attempt to imitate Aristophanes.[non sequitur] It is not known whether this was a success on stage, but when published...
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    Historical piecemeal land allocations under the Dawes Act facilitated sales to non–Native Americans, resulting in some reservations becoming severely fragmented...
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  • policemen, Sergeant Pluck and Policeman MacCruiskeen, who speak largely in non-sequitur and who are entirely obsessed with bicycles. There he is introduced to...
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