6214814722 | Carpe Diem | Latin for "seize the day" | 0 | |
6214817174 | Connotation | Which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | 1 | |
6214822544 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 2 | |
6214826966 | Anachronism | The placement of something in a time where it does not belong | 3 | |
6214835029 | Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text | 4 | |
6214845465 | Antecedent | The noun to which a pronoun refers | 5 | |
6214850714 | Complex Sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 6 | |
6214859409 | Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail | 7 | |
6214871819 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end. The independent clause comes after the dependent clause | 8 | |
6214879936 | Didactic | Designed or intended to teach | 9 | |
6214884562 | Digression | Insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject at hand | 10 | |
6214889671 | Epiphany | A sudden understanding or realization | 11 | |
6214898547 | Euphemism | The substitution of an acceptable term for an offensive one | 12 | |
6214919402 | Invective | Insulting or abusive | 13 | |
6214925045 | Kitsch | Something that appears to popular or low brow taste and is often of poor quality or tacky | 14 | |
6215005137 | Pedantic | Bookish and scholarly in tone, often boring or dull | 15 | |
6215020337 | Parody | A writing that imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original | 16 | |
6215034582 | Satire | A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea or vice often for the purpose of inducing change | 17 | |
6215069587 | Transcendental | Being beyond or ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief: supernatural | 18 | |
6215100689 | Utopia | A visionary system of political or social perfection; an ideal place or state | 19 | |
6215108410 | Dystopia | A society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding | 20 |
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