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6743760387CholericBad-tempered or irritable0
6743767102ChurlishRude in a mean-spirited and surly way1
6743775023DerisiveExpressing contempt or ridicule2
6743784639ObsequiousObedient to a servile degree3
6743797350PetulantBad tempered in a childish way4
6743818815SardonicGrimly mocking or cynical5
6744026981CircumlocutionTo write around a subject, to say nothing6
6744032906Double entendreA phrase that has two meanings, one of them being sexual ;)7
6744076067A writer can appeal to readers'Needs, sense of tradition, ethics, emotions, logic/reason8
6744081266A writer can appeal toauthority, core values9
6744087519Modes of rhetoriccause and effect, problem and solution, narrative, description, definition, humor, satire10
6755148740EpigramA short quotation or verse that precedes a text to set a tone, provide a setting or context.11
6755222508Badeto order or instruct12
6755226246BeliesContradicts13
6755229519Bellicoseloud, argumentative14
6755234385Entreatto beg15
6755241686Impiousdisrespectful16
6755250821Mienbearing, presence, manner17
6755254946Nascentemerging, newly born or created18
6755265509PretenseDeception19
6755282664Promulgateto proclaim20
6755285517Reticentshy, unwilling21
6755317460Suppliantto petition or beseech22
6755350905Dramatic ironyWhen the reader knows something that a character does not know23
6755356188Verbal ironyWhen a character says one thing and means something else24
6755364077Situational ironyWhen an event is different than expected25

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