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| 3413022263 | Insolent | Bodly rude or disrespectful; contemuously impertinent; insulting. | 0 | |
| 3413022264 | Resilient | Recovering readilyfrom illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant. | 1 | |
| 3413022265 | Pathos | A rhetorical appeal based on emotion. | 2 | |
| 3413022266 | Logos | A rhetorical appeal based on logic or reasoning. | 3 | |
| 3413022267 | Connotation | The association or the emotional suggestion. | 4 | |
| 3413022268 | Archaic diction | Marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated. | 5 | |
| 3413022269 | Chiasmus | Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order. | 6 | |
| 3413022270 | Euphemism | The deliberatr or polite use of a pleasent or neutral word/ expression to avoid the emotional implications of a plain term, to soften. | 7 | |
| 3413022271 | Scheme | Artful syntax. A change in standard word order or pattern. | 8 | |
| 3413022272 | Trope | Artful diction. The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification. | 9 | |
| 3413022273 | Syntax | The arrangement of words & phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 10 | |
| 3413022274 | Antithesis | Rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. | 11 | |
| 3413022275 | Bookends | Conclusion that refers to the introduction. | 12 | |
| 3413022276 | Juxtaposition | To hold up two items side by side for the purpose of comparison. | 13 | |
| 3413022277 | Figurative language | Similarity between two objects is directly expressed. Usually uses "like" or "as". | 14 | |
| 3413022278 | Incredulous | Unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical. | 15 | |
| 3413022279 | Pretentious | Making claim to distinction or importance especially undeservedly. | 16 | |
| 3413022280 | Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation; he delivered a funeral elegy. | 17 | |
| 3413022281 | Cynical | Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contempuous, or pessimistic. | 18 | |
| 3413022282 | Anaphora | Repetition at the beginning of phrases,or clauses. | 19 | |
| 3413022283 | Analogy | A comparison between two things. "Boring similes" | 20 | |
| 3413022284 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds. | 21 | |
| 3413022285 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds. | 22 | |
| 3413022286 | Facetious | Meant to be humorous or funny; joking or jesting often inapropriately. | 23 | |
| 3413022287 | Jovial | Characterized by a hearty, joyous humor; cheerful and friendly. | 24 | |
| 3413022288 | Jargon | Specialized or technical language of trade, proffesion or similar group. | 25 | |
| 3413022289 | Semantics | Study of the meaning in language. | 26 | |
| 3413022290 | Denotation | The literal meaning. "The dictionary definition". | 27 | |
| 3413022291 | Double speak | Language that prevents or conceals thought. Enhanced interrogation=torture | 28 | |
| 3413022292 | Capricious | Impulsive, unpredictable. | 29 | |
| 3413022293 | Staid | Fixed, settled, or permanent; of settled or sedate character; not capricious. | 30 | |
| 3413022294 | Erudite | Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly. | 31 | |
| 3413022295 | Strident | Harsh, insistent, discordant. | 32 | |
| 3413022296 | Insidious | Awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous. Harmful but enticing. | 33 | |
| 3413022297 | Hypophora | Consists of raising one or more questions and the proceeding to answer them often at some length. | 34 | |
| 3413022298 | Rhetorical question | Answer is obvious and not stated, used for effect ( to build rapport), emphasis or provocation. | 35 | |
| 3413022299 | Epistrophe | Repetition at the end of sentences, phrases, or clauses. | 36 | |
| 3413022300 | Ethos | A sense the author or speaker gives as being competent, trustworthy, credible. | 37 | |
| 3413022301 | Diction | Word choice. | 38 | |
| 3413022302 | Etymology | "True sense of a word" + "the study of". | 39 | |
| 3413022303 | Rhetoric | The artful use of the resources of language to create an effect. | 40 | |
| 3413022304 | Lexicon | Your word cache. Vocabulary. | 41 | |
| 3413022305 | Oxymoron | A trope that combines two normal contradictory terms. "Clever fool" | 42 | |
| 3413022306 | Allusion | A brief usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event-- real or fictional, often to another literacy work. | 43 | |
| 3413022307 | Tricolon | Three parallel elements occuring together in a series. | 44 | |
| 3413022308 | Enumeration | Takes a simple statement and expands it breaking it down into parts and emphasizing the details. | 45 | |
| 3413022309 | Simile | Comparison using like or as. | 46 | |
| 3413022310 | Personification | Giving human (or living) traits to nonliving objects. | 47 | |
| 3413022311 | Hyperbole | Extravagant exageration. | 48 | |
| 3413022312 | Rapport | To build a relationship; establish positive feelings. | 49 | |
| 3413022313 | Metaphor | Comparisons that bring an emotional reaction. | 50 | |
| 3413022314 | Phoneme | The smallest units of sound "b" , "ch" , and "ph". | 51 | |
| 3413022315 | Ellipsis | ... | 52 | |
| 3413022316 | Morose | Expressive of gloom; sullenly ill-humored. | 53 | |
| 3413022317 | Acerbic | Sour or bitter; acidic, sharp, or biting. | 54 | |
| 3413022318 | Scornful | Full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous. | 55 | |
| 3413022319 | Contemplative | Lost in thought; meditative. | 56 | |
| 3413022320 | Aesthetics | The study of such concepts as beauty, taste, etc. | 57 | |
| 3413022321 | Allusive | Containing or characterized by indirect refrences. | 58 | |
| 3413022322 | Caveat | A warning or caution; admonition. | 59 | |
| 3413022323 | Flippant | Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking seriousness; lacking proper respect or seriousness. | 60 | |
| 3413022324 | Ambivalent | Uncertain or unable to decide. | 61 | |
| 3413022325 | Condescending | Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude; stooping to the level of one's inferiors. | 62 | |
| 3413022326 | Sycophant | One who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people. | 63 | |
| 3413022327 | Petulant | Cranky, irritable; insolent or rude in speech or behavior. | 64 | |
| 3413022328 | Lyrical | Having the form and musical quality of a song; expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way. | 65 | |
| 3413022329 | Innate | Existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent. | 66 | |
| 3413022330 | Folk etymology | Invent a word (chocoholic) | 67 | |
| 3413022331 | QFEARS | 1) facts and statistics 2) anecdotes 3) examples 4) reasons 5) sensory details 6) quotes | 68 | |
| 3413022332 | SOAP | 1) speaker 2) occasion 3) audience 4) purpose | 69 | |
| 3413022333 | Code | Words and sentences: writers language and how it's arranged. | 70 | |
| 3413022334 | Refutation | To prove wrong by argument or evidence. | 71 | |
| 3413022335 | Didactic | Designed or intended to teach. | 72 | |
| 3413022336 | Conciliatory | To regain or try to regain friendship or goodwill by pleasent behavior; to appease. | 73 | |
| 3413022337 | Allegory | A poem, play, picture, etc. in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning. | 74 | |
| 3413022338 | Terse | Brief and to the point; effectively concise: a terse one-word answer. | 75 | |
| 3413022339 | Paradigm | A philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind; a belief system. | 76 | |
| 3413022340 | Colloquial | Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation; informal. | 77 | |
| 3413022341 | Pedantic | Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner. Ostentatiously learned. | 78 | |
| 3413686442 | Expletive | A single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately next to the expletive. Ex: in fact, clearly, it seems, naturally, at least, to be sure, I suppose etc. | 79 | |
| 3413735610 | Polysyndeton | The use of conjunctions between each word, phrase, or clause. | 80 | |
| 3413744238 | Asyndeton | Omitting clause between words, phrases, or clauses. | 81 | |
| 3416703992 | Oxford comma | Comma before the last item in a list is optional. | 82 | |
| 3416703993 | Paragraph patterns | Block or alternating | 83 | |
| 3416703994 | Order of ideas | Chronological order Spatial order Order of importance | 84 | |
| 3416703995 | Coherence devices | For addition For contrast For result For time For summary For example and illustration For concession For comparison | 85 | |
| 3416703996 | Adverb | Where or when | 86 | |
| 3416703997 | Adjective | Which or which kind Come right after the noun they modify | 87 | |
| 3416703998 | Connectices | Pronoun antecedent Repetition of key words Direct reference | 88 | |
| 3416703999 | Methods of development | Quotes Facts and statistics Examples Anecdotes Reasons Sensory details | 89 | |
| 3416704000 | Writing process | Understand Gather info Drafting Revising Editing Publishing | 90 | |
| 3416704001 | Classical essay form | Intro Narration Thesis Confirmation Refutation Conclusion | 91 | |
| 3416704002 | Be verbs | Am Is Are Was We're Be Being Been | 92 | |
| 3416704003 | Outline | Intro Hook Background info Thesis Statement of points | 93 | |
| 3416704004 | Methods of introduction | An anecdote A quote A definition And ideal to be refuted | 94 | |
| 3416704005 | Conclusion | Summary of supporting info Conclusion reached Restatement of premise | 95 | |
| 3416704006 | Paragraphing concepts | Support Theme Elaborating thoughts and commentary | 96 | |
| 3416704007 | Coordinating conjunctions | 97 |
