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| 6736279731 | simple sentence | one independent clause one independent clause | 0 | |
| 6736290965 | complex sentence | one independent clause and one depenent clause | 1 | |
| 6736296102 | imperative sentence | features commands/ requests | 2 | |
| 6736299802 | loose sentence | complex sentence in which the main clause comes first, followed by the other clause | 3 | |
| 6736306884 | apostrophe | figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent/imaginary person or abstraction | 4 | |
| 6736318202 | metonymy | substituting a name of one object with another closely associated with it (ex: pen = writing) | 5 | |
| 6736328449 | allusion | reference to literary, mythological, historical event. | 6 | |
| 6736340433 | iambic meter | ten syllables per line | 7 | |
| 6736343264 | iambic pentameter | ten syllables per line with five pairs of unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable per line (characteristic of shakespeare) |  | 8 |
| 6736359490 | rhyming couplet | shakespearean style where the last two lines rhyme instead of every other, creates drama | 9 | |
| 6736396272 | anaphora | repetition of words/phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 10 | |
| 6736405569 | syllogism | 3 part argument in which a decision is made based on a major then minor premise | 11 | |
| 6736428649 | vacuous | showing lack of thought or intelligence | 12 | |
| 6736434828 | red herring | An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case. It is like being given too many suspects in a murder mystery. | 13 | |
| 6736438855 | fallacy | mistaken belief | 14 | |
| 6736443545 | straw man | misrepresentation of an opponents position | 15 | |
| 6736452644 | false syllogism | when the logic of the argument fails or is interpreted incorrectly | 16 | |
| 6736462224 | irascible | tendency to be easily angered | 17 | |
| 6736467006 | convivial | friendly or lively | 18 | |
| 6736470216 | sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical | 19 | |
| 6736474348 | arboreal | resembles a tree/plant/earth | 20 | |
| 6736484816 | celestial | heavenly; divine | 21 | |
| 6736495707 | allegorical | having both a literal and a figurative/ spiritual meaning (often in poetry) | 22 | |
| 6736503739 | satirical | mocking/ ridiculing human vices/follies, usually ironic, witty, humorous, sarcastic | 23 | |
| 6736515954 | icarus | greek mythology- flew to near to sun with wax wings and fell from the sky |  | 24 |
| 6736529387 | sisyphus | greek mythology- sinner condemned to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll down again for eternity, the cunning kind of Corinth |  | 25 |
| 6736551708 | prometheus | greek mythology- where he gives mankind fire against the wishes of the gods after creating mankind, punished by being strapped to a rock and having his liver eaten out every day for eternity |  | 26 |
| 6736574904 | apollo | greek god- pulls the usn across the sky in a chariot everyday |  | 27 |
| 6736578068 | orpheus | greek mythology- greatest musician and could charm all living things with his music |  | 28 |
| 6736590087 | capricious | characterized by impulse, unpredictable | 29 | |
| 6736601119 | deleterious | harmful in a subtle, unexpected way | 30 | |
| 6736605094 | surreptitiously | stealthy | 31 |
