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5545677849DidacticFrom the Greek, literally means "teaching"0
5545677850InvectiveEmotionally violent. Attack using strong, abusive language.1
5545677851PedanticDescribes being over scholarly or bookish2
5545677852SarcasmGreek meaning: to tear flesh. Bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone.3
5545677853SentimentRefined and tender emotion in literature.4
5545677854ToneThe authors attitude toward the material, audience or both.5
5545677855VerisimilitudeSimilar to truth. The quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that they are getting a vision of life as it is.6
5545677856UndertoneAn attitude that may lie under the obvious tone of the piece7
5545677857WitIntellectual amazing language that surprises and delights. Humorous.8

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