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| 7198142870 | incredulity | the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something, disbelief | 0 | |
| 7198147303 | epoch | period of time | 1 | |
| 7204116496 | ubiquity | the state of being everywhere all the time | 2 | |
| 7204117983 | mimicry | imitation or copying, especially of expression and gesture | 3 | |
| 7204118714 | perambulate | wander through | 4 | |
| 7204119328 | maddeningly | Infuriating or expasperated, annoyingly | 5 | |
| 7222341107 | duplicitous | Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech | 6 | |
| 7222341728 | laypersons | (n) person not a member of specific profession (laymen's terms) | 7 | |
| 7222343535 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 8 | |
| 7222344479 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 9 | |
| 7222346584 | litotes | a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite | 10 | |
| 7222347386 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. | 11 | |
| 7268017045 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses example: "I remember the time I broke my arm. I remember my mother's face. I remember the way my father felt." | 12 | |
| 7268020312 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause example: "I'm in AP Lang. AP Lang is the reason for my near mental breakdown." | 13 | |
| 7268022439 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural the effect is a rambling or overwhelmed effect example: lists; "I have to wake up and shower and get fressed and leave for school" | 14 | |
| 7268024092 | asyndeton | consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses effect to make list seem endless example: "I came, I saw, I conquered" | 15 | |
| 7268027009 | epanalepsis | Figure of emphasis beginning and ending a phrase or clause with the same word or words. example: "Nothing is worse than doing nothing." | 16 | |
| 7268032846 | parallelism | repeating a grammatical structure example: "My face is washed, my hair is combed and my teeth are brushed" | 17 | |
| 7268035257 | parenthesis | Word phrase or sentence inserted into the middle of another sentence; can use dashes, appositives, parenthesis | 18 | |
| 7268037673 | anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses example: "Lazy, I am not" think of Yoda | 19 | |
| 7268039084 | epistrophe | a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences. | 20 | |
| 7315751685 | 26. exposition | provides important background information and introduces the characters beginning pf story (introducing events, settings, and personas) | 21 | |
| 7315766496 | 27. climax | the point of highest interest in a literary work, emohasizing the importance of an event or subject Greek word "ladder" | 22 | |
| 7315782261 | 28. denouement | outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature the resolution to an issue, problem, series of event with closure and/or solution Greek word "untie" | 23 | |
| 7315794587 | 29. atmosphere | emotional response from the reader | 24 | |
| 7315800871 | 30. ideology | the set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party | 25 | |
| 7315822294 | 31. homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture offering moral or religious correction | 26 | |
| 7315827596 | 32. irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning verbal: speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary to what one means | 27 | |
| 7315833773 | 41. allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 28 | |
| 7324829911 | surreptitiously | secretly | 29 | |
| 7324833032 | elicit | to bring out | 30 | |
| 7324837798 | bombastic | using inflated language, pompous | 31 | |
| 7324840490 | obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive | 32 | |
| 7324845354 | cumulative sentence | sentence that places the main idea at the beginning, and then builds upon it | 33 | |
| 7324849939 | inverted sentence | the subject follows the verb | 34 | |
| 7324852028 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 35 | |
| 7582926683 | 9. example | A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule | 36 | |
| 7582947432 | 10. compare/contrast | to draw similarities and/or differences between two subjects take unlike things, make similar take similar things, point out differences | 37 | |
| 7582958607 | 11. classification | the process of grouping things based on similarities | 38 | |
| 7582978333 | 47. juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 39 | |
| 7822709343 | 37. ethos | how the author established credibility with an audience, established a set of values/beliefs that relate | 40 | |
| 7822734902 | 38. pathos | author appeals to emotionally motivate audience | 41 | |
| 7822749291 | 39. logos | author appeals to reason or logic by offering clear rational ideas with fact | 42 | |
| 7823002447 | 59. rhetorical question | a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 43 | |
| 7823004839 | 60. parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 44 | |
| 7823008104 | 61. antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 45 | |
| 7836027947 | 62. repitition | Saying or doing something over and over again for a specific effect (NOT TO "DRILL THE IDEA INTO THE READER'S HEAD"). | 46 | |
| 7836032826 | 63. alliteration | Words close by to one another that begin with the same consonant sound to quicken the pace or establish rhythm or adopt a specific tone or appeal to a particular emotion. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore." "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." -- JFK | 47 | |
| 7836048388 | 64. onomatopoeia | Word imitating sound, usually to describe with sound imagery that shocks/startles the audience, or conveys the speaker's experience/authority with the subject matter. | 48 | |
| 7907525838 | apologia | a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct | 49 | |
| 7907529020 | treatise | a methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic | 50 | |
| 7907531862 | diatribe | abusive criticism | 51 | |
| 7907534260 | homily | sermon; tedious moralizing lecture | 52 | |
| 7907536189 | elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech | 53 | |
| 7907543038 | metonymy | a figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word | 54 | |
| 7907546523 | synechdoche | Uses a part to explain a whole or a whole to explain a part. ex. Lend me an ear. | 55 | |
| 7907560064 | ubiquity | everywhere | 56 | |
| 7907567666 | provincialism | a narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world | 57 |
