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14647907324Appealsearnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy0
14647907325Assessmentevaluation1
14647907326Audiencethe listener, viewer, or reader of a text2
14647907327attitudemanner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind3
14812367949ContextWords, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.4
14952958281AllusionA reference to another work of literature, person, or event. Ex: the author used a llusion to compare his work5
14952958282Dictionword choice. Ex: the professors diction was hard to understand6
14952958283archaicancient; old-fashioned. Ex: The old ladies house was archaic7
14952958284AntithesisDirect opposite. Ex: He did the antithesis as his friend8
14952958285BiasA particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific. Ex: she was bias to her opinion9
15038347484Ethos10
15174591970PropagandaIdeas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.11
15174591971hardshipsevere suffering or deprivation12
15174591972Connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.13
15174591973Polemiccontroversy; argument; verbal attack14
15174591974DenotationThe dictionary definition of a word15
15725425577AnalogyA comparison of two different things that are similar in some way16
15725425578Clichetrite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse,17
15725425579Colloquialismcharacteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.18
15725425580Elegiacused in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy19
15725425581Jargonlanguage, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group20

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