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| Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or varied in length. | ||
| Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for a reader to follow. | ||
| In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." | ||
| Spoken or Written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of --------- are description, exposition, narration and persuasion. | ||
| When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable. | ||
| A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. "He went to his final reward" for "he died." | ||
| Reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) order of elements in a sentence or phrase; it is used effectively in many cases, such as posing a question: "Are you going to the store?" Usually, the element that appears first is emphasized more than the subject. | ||
| The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization. | ||
| Impenetrable, impossible to alter or affect. | ||
| To proclaim as sacred, hallow; to set aside or declare to be holy. | ||
| (Adj.) Implied or understood though not expressed directly. | ||
| (Adj.) Absurd to the point of being laughable. Something that is obviously implausible or impractical could be considered ----- | ||
| Abhorrent. That which is morally inexcusable is -------------. | ||
| Unreal. | ||
| To enfeeble or weaken. |
