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8052083722DeferentialHumble; Respectful.0
8052083723ObjectiveAn impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer's attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story.1
8052083724DictionWord choice, an element of style; It creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning; Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning.2
8052083725ObsoleteOutdated; Archaic.3
8052083726ClichéAn overused expression.4
8052083727SlangInformal language and colloquialisms.5
8052083728ImpressionisticInvolving general feelings or thoughts rather than specific knowledge/facts.6
8052083729Rhetorical QuestionA question that does not require an explicit answer.7
8052083730HeedlessReckless or careless.8
8052083731RefuteTo prove something wrong through logical argument or by providing evidence to the contrary; To deny something.9
8052083732PrecedingPrevious or earlier.10
8052083733AestheticArtistic; Appealing; Beautiful.11
8052083734SyllogismA form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.12
8052083735Logical FallacyA mistake in reasoning.13
8052083736SardonicMocking; Scornful; Ironic.14
8052083737DigressionAn aside; An excursion; An odd topic rant or part of a speech.15
8052083738AnalogyCompares two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one.16
8052083739TenacityResolve; Firmness.17
8052083740UnorthodoxUnconventional; Untraditional.18
8052083741ContextThe text surrounding a word or passage.19
8052083742NarrationThe telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; One of the four modes of discourse.20
8052083743ParadoxA statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning or to contain truth.21
8052083744AnecdoteA short, simple narrative of an incident; Often used for humorous effect or to make a point.22
8052083745CynicalPessimistic; Mocking.23
8052083746ParodyA work that ridicules the style of another work by imitating and exaggerating its elements.24
8052083747SynonymA word that means nearly the same thing as another word.25
8052083748NarrativeA story or an account of an event or series of events.26
8052083749IngratiatingIntended to gain approval or favor; Sycophantic.27
8052083750FutilityUselessness; Pointlessness.28
8052083751AmbivalentUndecided; Hesitant.29

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