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6214814722Carpe DiemLatin for "seize the day"0
6214817174ConnotationWhich is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning1
6214822544DenotationThe literal meaning of a word2
6214826966AnachronismThe placement of something in a time where it does not belong3
6214835029AnnotationExplanatory or critical notes added to a text4
6214845465AntecedentThe noun to which a pronoun refers5
6214850714Complex SentenceA sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause6
6214859409Cumulative SentenceAn independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail7
6214871819Periodic SentenceA sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end. The independent clause comes after the dependent clause8
6214879936DidacticDesigned or intended to teach9
6214884562DigressionInsertion of material not closely related to the work or subject at hand10
6214889671EpiphanyA sudden understanding or realization11
6214898547EuphemismThe substitution of an acceptable term for an offensive one12
6214919402InvectiveInsulting or abusive13
6214925045KitschSomething that appears to popular or low brow taste and is often of poor quality or tacky14
6215005137PedanticBookish and scholarly in tone, often boring or dull15
6215020337ParodyA writing that imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original16
6215034582SatireA literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea or vice often for the purpose of inducing change17
6215069587TranscendentalBeing beyond or ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief: supernatural18
6215100689UtopiaA visionary system of political or social perfection; an ideal place or state19
6215108410DystopiaA society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding20

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