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| 8631089185 | Hyperbole | Obvious and Intentional exaggeration. Finals are killing me. | 0 | |
| 8631092871 | Pathos | The quality of power evoking a feeling of pity. Mrs. Petrilli does not have pathos in regard to the large quantities of work we all have to do this week. | 1 | |
| 8631105713 | Syllogism | Deductive Reasoning Brady used syllogism when trying to convince the students that the Indians are the best. | 2 | |
| 8631113777 | Pedantic | Overly concerned in the details of one's learning The fact that you are looking at this quizlet in your free time means you are pedantic. | 3 | |
| 8631120876 | Paradox | a self-contradicting and false proposition It is a paradox when teachers tell us not to write essays last minute, but then tell us to write the best essay we can in 40 minutes on a test | 4 | |
| 8631125714 | Appositive | placing together or bringing into proximity (this is for sentence structure...) Two guys in our class, David and Jared, are really good at wrestling. Sarah, the girl with the amazing Ellen socks, sits close to me in English. | 5 | |
| 8631129340 | Colloquial | involving or using conversation (also low key in sentences) Man, Lauren was "going bananas" in class today. | 6 | |
| 8631130844 | Antithesis | the direct opposite (usually followed by "of" or "to") This test is going to be the antithesis of fun. | 7 | |
| 8631135759 | Idolatrous | blindly worshiping idols Our school has an idolatrous passion for Lebron James. | 8 | |
| 8631138257 | Mendacious | telling lies I'm praying that our teachers are mendacious and that we won't have exams this week | 9 | |
| 8631141289 | Repartee | a quick, witty reply If one were to say "yo mama" after a phrase, they are using a classic repartee. | 10 | |
| 8631143753 | Idiosyncratic | pertaining to something peculiar in an individual (quirk) One of Grace's idiosyncrasies is that she counts the steps between her locker and her classroom. | 11 | |
| 8631146442 | Allusion | the making of a casual or indirect reference to something Shakespeare often alludes to himself in his own works....#selfish | 12 | |
| 8631154538 | Equivocating | using ambiguous or unclear expressions to avoid commitment or mislead Rebecca is using equivocation when she says "who's to say" instead of "true" or "false" | 13 | |
| 8631166162 | Amorous | Showing or expressing love I have amorous feelings for all of you! We are gonna crush exams :) | 14 |
