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14691039212indignantangered at something unjust or wrong0
14691039213elegiacmourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful1
14691039214nostalgiaa longing for something past; homesickness2
14691039215cynicalbelieving the worst of human nature and motives3
14691039216lyricalexpressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like4
14726394275wrycleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous5
14726394276objectiveimpersonal; not influenced by emotions6
14726394277disdainfulshowing arrogant superiority7
14726394278imflammatorytending to make people angry8
14726394279apprehensivein fear or dread of possible harm or evil9
14811073459incredulousdisbelieving, skeptical10
14811073460sardonicscornfully mocking11
14811073461staidserious and dignified12
14811073462didacticinstructive13
14811073463admonitorywarning14
14923464270accusatoryaccusing15
14923464271eruditevery educated16
14923464272candidhonest and direct17
14923464273flippanttreating a serious subject in a way that is not serious18
14923464274jubilantjoyful19
15038346141colloquialinformal and conversational20
15038346142solemnserious and dignified21
15038346143exuberanthappy, excited, and full of energy22
15038346144querulouscomplaining; grumbling23
15038346145condemnatorystrongly disapproving24
15275712071Personathe personality the author creates with a text to appeal to the audience25
15275712072Rhetoricthe art of effective or persuasive speaking/writing26
15275712073Exigencewhatever motivates a speaker to write for argue27
15275712074Ethosused to gain the audience's trust; the most important appeal28
15275712075contextthe time, place, culture, events, and motivating forces that surround and create the rhetorical question29
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