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AP Literature vocab week 8 Flashcards

7628699750	charnel house (n)	place which bodies and bones of the dead are placed	0
7628706883	minutiae (n)	precise details; small or trifling matters	1
7628711282	obliterated (v)	destroyed completely	2
7628717572	precept (n)	a command or principle intended as a genral rule	3
7628721256	incessantly (adv)	ceaseless; never-ending; without interruption	4
7628729881	infallible (adj)	unable to fail or make a mistake	5
7628732119	profane (adj)	impure; contrary to religion; sacrilegious	6
7628740006	ascribe (v)	to attribute to; assign	7
7628743702	catastrophe (n)	a disastrous end	8
7628749942	delineate (v)	to depict or represent	9
7628752023	dun (adj)	dark; gloomy	10
7628757321	lassitude (n)	lethargy or stubbornness	11
7628762143	shroud (n)	cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial	12
7628766610	asylum (n)	a secure retreat; sanctuary	13
7628769895	impelled (v)	urged forward as if driven by strong moral pressure	14
7628777988	palpitate (v)	to beat rapidly and strongly	15
7628784161	incredulous (adj)	skeptical, doubtful	16
7628786828	specter (n)	ghost; phantom; apparition	17
7628794749	pertinacity (n)	persistence; determination	18
7628803995	convalescence (n)	a gradual recovery after an illness	19

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AP Literature - Literary Terms Flashcards

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7347481256	First Person Narration	It is a literary style in which the narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator speaking directly about himself or herself.	0
7347482605	Third Person Narration	It is a narration that is told in the grammatical third person, i.e. without using "I" or "we": "he did that, they did something else.	1
7347489823	Omniscient	The narrator has access to all the actions and thoughts of all characters.	2
7347534548	Limited Omniscient	The narrator has a restricted view of events and doesn't "know" the whole story.	3
7347536837	Free Indirect Discourse	It is a kind of third person narration that uses a combined feature of a direct and indirect speech.	4
7347538490	Objective Narration	The narrator is an observer and describes or interprets thoughts, feelings, motivations, of the characters.	5
7347541114	Unreliable Narration	The narrator only speaks to his/her experience within it.	6
7347543009	Protagonist	A central character in any work of literature.	7
7347545309	Hero/Heroine	A protagonist who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities.	8
7347546029	Antihero	A protagonist or other notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities.	9
7347554197	Antagonist	A character which stands in opposition to the protagonist.	10
7347555309	Foil	A character that is intended to highlight attributes in another character through opposing traits.	11
7347556397	Stock Character	A character that is instantly recognizable to readers because it pops up everywhere.	12
7347558630	Static character	A character who does not change, develop, or grow throughout the action of a book, movie, or play.	13
7347559811	Dynamic Character	A character who changes develops and grows throughout the action of a book, movie, or play.	14
7347563134	Flat Character	A character with only one or two major traits.	15
7347563933	Round Character	A character with many traits; a fully-developed character.	16
7347564695	Direct Characterization	It characterizes a character by simply telling the reader what that character is like.	17
7347566712	Indirect characterization	It reveals information about the character through his or her thoughts and actions.	18
7347568110	Allegory	It is a work that functions on a symbolic level.	19
7347568852	Bildungsroman	It is a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.	20
7347569702	Comedy	It deals with amusing and satirical tone, mostly having a cheerful ending.	21
7347570279	Epic	It is a lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero.	22
7347571189	Farce	It is a type of a comedy that makes the use of highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience.	23
7347571721	Free verse poetry	It has no defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme.	24
7347572610	Lyric poetry	It is a large and inclusive category of poetry that exhibits rhyme, meter, and reflective thought.	25
7347573259	Parody	A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original.	26
7347575912	Satire	A mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution.	27
7347577314	Romance	It is all about courtly love and chivalry.	28
7347578002	Stream-of- consciousness	It is a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue.	29
7347578702	Tragedy	It deals with a sorrowful or terrible event encountered or caused by a heroic individual.	30
7347579366	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."	31
7347580918	Anaphora	It is the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence to achieve an artistic effect.	32
7347580919	Antithesis	It is the repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.	33
7347582083	Apostrophe	It is the direct address of an absent person or personified object as if he/she/it can reply.	34
7347582084	Assonance	It takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but starts with different consonant sounds.	35
7347584286	Cliché	It refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty.	36
7347584986	Consonance	It refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.	37
7347585776	Epithet	It is a word of phrase adding a character to a person's name.	38
7347585777	Hyperbole	Extreme exaggeration.	39
7347586388	Understatement	The opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.	40
7347587203	Enjambment	A technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza. It enables the poem to move and to develop coherence as well as directing the reader with regard to form and meaning.	41
7347587657	Caesura	A break or pause in a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning.	42
7347588680	Simile	An indirect comparison that uses the word, "like" or "as" to link the differing items in the comparison. "Your eyes are like stars" is an example.	43
7347589909	Metaphor	A direct comparison between dissimilar things. "Your eyes are stars" is an example.	44
7347594451	Conceit metaphor	It is a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	45
7347594452	Dead metaphor	It is a figure of speech that has lost its force and imaginative effectiveness through frequent use.	46
7347595279	Extended metaphor	It refers to a comparison between two, unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.	47
7347595937	Mixed metaphor	It is a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.	48
7347597357	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea. ("The pen is mightier than the sword.")	49
7347598727	Synecdoche	A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole.	50
7347599235	Paradox	A set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth. For example, in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, the Friar says to Hero, "Come, Lady, die to live."	51
7347599958	Oxymoron	An image of contradictory terms (bittersweet, pretty ugly, giant economy size).	52
7347600745	Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like the sound they represent (hiss, gurgle, bang).	53
7347601670	Synesthesia	It is when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another.	54
7347602358	Connotation	The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.	55
7347602903	Denotation	The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.	56
7347604188	Run-on Sentence	It is a combination of two independent clauses, joined together without a conjunction or punctuation mark.	57
7347605255	Comma Splice	It is known as a grammatical error or a misuse of commas.	58
7347605842	Sentence fragments	A groups of word that look like sentences but aren't.	59
7347606601	Allusion	A reference contained in a work.	60
7347607713	Juxtaposition	It is the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.	61
7347608843	Personification	The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. (Wordsworth personifies "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon" in the poem "London, 1802.")	62
7347609632	Anthropomorphism	It is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.	63
7347610213	Imagery	The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature.	64
7347610897	Visual imagery	It is an imagery that evokes a sight image.	65
7347611551	Auditory imagery	It is an imagery that evokes images of sound.	66
7347612672	Kinesthetic imagery	It is an imagery that evokes a sense of movement or body position.	67
7347612673	Olfactory imagery	It is an imagery that evokes a sense of smell.	68
7347613714	Gustatory imagery	It is an imagery that evokes a sense of taste or flavor.	69
7347617504	Irony	An unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. It involves dialogue and situation, and it can be intentional or unplanned.	70
7347618248	Situational irony	It is an irony that involves a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what happens.	71
7347619076	Verbal irony	It is an irony with the use of words to mean something different from what a person says.	72
7347619801	Dramatic irony	It is an irony that occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.	73
7347620692	Foreshadowing	Hints of future events in a literary work.	74
7347620693	Mood	It is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.	75
7347622085	Motif	The repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters.	76
7347623265	Symbol	Something in a literary work that stands for something else. (Plato has the light of the sun symbolize truth in "The Allegory of the Cave.")	77
7347624328	Contextual symbol	It can be a symbol for a setting, character, action, object, name, or anything else in a work that maintains its literal significance while.	78
7347624943	Cultural symbol	It is a symbol for a physical manifestation that signifies the ideology of a particular culture or that merely has to mean within a culture.	79
7347624944	Theme	The underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc.	80
7347625811	Thesis	It is the main idea in a text, often the main generalization, conclusion, or claim.	81
7347626481	Tone	The author's attitude toward his subject.	82

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Lesson 1 Vocabulary - AP Literature & Composition Flashcards

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4852487339	acquiesce (verb)	to comply silently and without protest	0
4852487340	alacrity (noun)	willingness, liveliness	1
4852487341	beneficence (noun)	the doing of good	2
4852487342	benevolent (adj)	expressing good will or desire to help others	3
4852487343	capitulate (verb)	to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms	4
4852487344	connubial (adj)	of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal	5
4852487345	convivial (adj)	friendly; agreeable	6
4852487346	corroborate (verb)	to make more certain; confirm	7
4852487347	discriminate (verb)	a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group to which the person or thing belongs	8
4852487348	emulate (verb)	to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass	9
4852487349	indifferent (adj)	without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic	10
4852487350	malevolent (adj)	wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; malicious:	11
4852487351	nefarious (adj)	extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous	12
4852487352	objective (noun, adj)	purpose; goal; target	13
4852487353	predilection (noun)	a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference	14
4852487354	prudent (adj)	wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious	15
4852487355	rancor (noun)	bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.	16
4852487356	rectitude (noun)	rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue; correctness	17
4852487357	sanguine (adj)	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident	18
4852487358	sully (verb)	to soil, stain, or tarnish	19

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AP Language 27-34 Flashcards

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5984802707	Provocative diction	Diction of our choice of words. The purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a theoretical argument.	0
5984802708	Classification	The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics	1
5984802709	Understatement	Ex: You won 10 million dollars in the lottery and when you tell a news reporter "I am delighted", you are making an understatement. Trying to decrease the intensity of the loss. Opposite of hyperbole	2
5984802710	Colorful diction	Diction in your conscious choice of words as a writer	3
5984802711	Counter argument	An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument	4
5984802712	Claim	Someone gives an argument to support his/her position; they are making a claim	5

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AP Literature Complete Vocab List (Through TA List 3) Flashcards

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8567878936	tactile	the sense of touch	0
8567881259	gustatory	the sense of taste	1
8567881260	kinetic	a sensory word—energy that a body possesses in motion	2
8567883644	visceral	a sensory word—relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellect	3
8567884908	visual	a sensory word—relating to sight	4
8567887178	auditory	a sensory word—relating to hearing	5
8567888418	literal	words taken at face value	6
8567890138	imagery	use of words appealing to senses	7
8567890139	verbal irony	saying the opposite of what you mean	8
8567892180	situational irony	actions have effect opposite of intention, which makes the outcome contrary to the expectation	9
8567894621	dramatic irony	implications known to audience, not characters; speaker means different from author	10
8567898158	oxymoron	alignment of opposites (a compact paradox)	11
8567899990	paradox	seemingly contradictory statement with underlying truth	12
8567901521	pun	a joke using different meanings of the same or similar words, word play	13
8567903152	double entendre	a word or phrase open to two interpretations, often risque or indecent	14
8567904556	litotes	a form of understatement (ironic or affirming in the negative) i.e. "You won't be sorry" = You will be glad	15
8567906757	hyperbole	overstatement, exaggeration for effect, sometimes ironic	16
8567908820	antithesis	balancing contrasting ideas, often ironic or affirmation by using the negative, i.e. "Man plans; God laughs"	17
8567912320	meiosis	understatement—minimizing for effect, i.e. Mercutio referring to a mortal stab wound as a scratch	18
8567915261	metaphor	comparing two seemingly unlike things for dramatic effect	19
8567916838	simile	comparison using "like" or "as"	20
8567916839	symbol	object suggests idea	21
8567919282	allusion	an indirect reference enhancing meaning of the topic at hand	22
8567921030	apostrophe	addresses a person not present	23
8567921032	personification	giving human qualities to that which is nonhuman	24
8567923639	metonymy	substitute symbol for whole	25
8567923640	synecdoche	a part = the whole; the whole = a part; i.e. 10 sails = 10 ships	26
8567926377	nexus	linking two or more things, the most important place or point	27
8567928869	ambivalence	mixed feelings or emotions	28
8567929992	bungle	make a mess of, destroy or ruin	29
8567929993	sublimate	change from a solid into vapor	30
8567932149	timbre	the distinctive sound	31
8567932150	yokel	a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture	32
8567935212	amorphous	having no definite form or distinct shape	33
8567936610	pragmatist	an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences	34
8567938976	agape	with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe	35
8567940410	imbibe	take in liquids	36
8567940413	rococo	elaborately ornamental late baroque style	37
8567943589	cryptic	mysterious or obscure	38
8567943592	bilious	digestive juice secreted by the liver; peevish, ill-natured	39
8567945546	alchemy	early chemistry, changing base metals into gold; a magical process/change	40
8567949698	staccato	sharply detached musical notes	41
8567950849	writhe	move in a twisting or contorted motion	42
8567950850	intercede	act between parties towards reconciliation	43
8567953124	melee	a noisy riotous fight	44
8567954823	strident	unpleasantly loud and harsh	45
8567954824	cistern	intended to contain fluid	46
8567956210	apoplexy	unconsciousness from a stroke	47
8567956211	lank	long and thin and often limp	48
8567958022	dapper	stylishly dressed or mannered	49
8567959307	distend	expanded by internal pressure	50
8567960355	detract	take away a part from; diminish	51
8567960357	suave	sophisticated charm	52
8567961813	loll	lazy, relaxed, idle	53
8567961815	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	54
8567964776	shirk	avoid one's assigned duties	55
8567964779	ethereal	too delicate or light to be of this world	56
8567966578	sonorous	full, loud, deep	57
8567966579	stolid	having or revealing little emotion or sensibility	58
8567968172	fastidious	detailed or fussy	59
8568037756	dissimulate	hide feelings	60
8568037757	natty	fashionable in dress or manners	61
8568038651	iridescent	varied in color when in different light	62
8568038652	nebulous	lacking form or clarity	63
8568039937	careen	leaning dangerously to one side	64
8568041853	motif	a recurrent element in literature or art	65
8568043608	garrulous	full of trivial conversation	66
8568043610	dirge	song or hymn of mourning	67
8568045311	glower	angry or sullen look showing disapproval	68
8568045325	limpid	clear and bright	69
8568047170	skid	a plank used to make a track for rolling or sliding something	70
8568049240	doleful	filled with or evoking sadness	71
8568049242	diffuse	spread out; not just in one place	72
8568050396	conciliatory	intended to placate or pacify	73
8568051733	blanch	turn pale as if in fear	74
8568053188	droll	oddly comical (insulting)	75
8568053191	inscrutable	obscure; impossible to understand	76
8568054683	bate	to restrain or lessen the force of	77
8568054684	dissonance	disagreeable sounds	78
8568056050	recant	formally disavow a formerly held belief	79
8568057545	reproach	a mild rebuke or criticism	80
8568059028	defunct	having ceased to exist	81
8568059029	volition	done of one's own free will	82
8568060769	heinous	extremely wicked	83
8568060770	precarious	not secure; beset with difficulties	84
8568062493	cauterize	burn or freeze using a hot iron or electric current	85
8568065009	vindicate	clear someone of blame; show to be right	86
8568065011	blight	something that impairs or destroys	87
8568067571	volatile	easily evaporated or rapidly changeable (usually for the worse)	88
8568069552	avert	turn away from	89
8568069553	enigmatic	not clear, puzzling	90
8568069569	fervor	intense and passionate feelings	91
8568072404	emissary	diplomat or representative	92
8568194842	moil	to work hard, drudgery	93
8568195801	vespers	an evening prayer service	94
8568195803	portent	a warning usually about something calamitous	95
8568197626	coup de grace	the final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal; the culmination of a bad situation	96
8568199646	dispensation	supplying, exempting, an order, the rules for a group, nation, etc.	97
8568201413	rook	a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops	98
8568203626	rookery	a breeding place for gregarious birds OR crowded tenement housing	99
8568205063	dissimulation	pretense, concealing one's thoughts, feelings, or character	100
8568206361	vox humana	an organ with the sound of a human voice	101
8568207386	obligato	a distinctive instrumental part crucial to a song	102
8568208449	torpid	mentally or physically inactive, lethargic	103
8568210214	Gestalt	an organized whole perceived as more than the sum of its parts	104
8568211330	palaver	prolonged and idle discussion, folderol, rigmarole, commotion, fuss	105
8568219546	contralto	the lowest female singing voice, a low voice	106
8568219547	ofay	an offensive term for a white person, used by black people	107
8568221265	dun	pester, importune, to make persistent demands on someone, especially for payment	108
8568222868	chitterlings	the smaller intestines of a pig, cooked for food	109
8568224335	caste	a hierarchy of social groups based on heredity	110
8568224336	endogamy	marry within a community, clan, or tribe	111
8568226148	exogamy	marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe	112
8568227626	chiffonier	a low cupboard sometimes supporting a bookshelf or tall dresser with a mirror on top	113
8568229100	pince nez	eyeglasses with a nose clip	114
8568229101	blip	an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend	115
8568231262	aggregation	a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals	116
8568233173	disputation	arguments/debates	117
8568234769	dialectics	investigating or discussing the truth of opinions; the existence or action of opposing social forces, concepts, etc.	118
8568236646	exhort	urge	119
8568236647	sectarianism	excessive attachment to a particular group, especially in religion	120
8568238451	sharpy	a dishonest and cunning person, especially a cheat	121
8568239218	hipster	a trendy youth or one who likes jazz	122
8568240081	Uncle Tom	an excessively obedient or servile black man	123
8568240084	insidious	gradually, subtly harmful	124
8568243936	sententious	moralizing in a pompous or affected manner	125
8568245882	propound	put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by ohers	126
8568247386	ready money	available cash	127
8568247388	expurgation	remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account)	128
8568250056	metaphysical	based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasioning	129
8568251732	christened	to give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian church	130
8568254509	recumbent	lying down, especially a person	131
8568255563	indecorous	not in good taste; improper	132
8568255565	Tories	American colonists who supported the British side during the American Revolution	133
8568259108	born in the purple	first meant born to royals, later meant born to high-ranking parents (at child's birth)	134
8568261880	The French Revolution	uprising in France against monarchy (1789-1799), led to French Republic	135
8568264251	trivet	an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on	136
8568265508	Gorgon	three monsters in Greek mythology (including Medusa)	137
8568266956	profligate	recklessly extravagant or wasteful; shamelessly immoral	138
8568268242	apoplexy	unconsciousness or incapacitated because of a stroke	139
8568269942	vacillating	alternate or waver between opinions or actions; indecisive	140
8568272131	pagan	a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions	141
8568273359	quixotic	exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical	142
8568274750	misanthrope	a person who dislikes people and avoids society	143
8568276353	solicitor	a British lawyer who gives legal advice	144
8568276355	indiscretion	a petty misdeed	145
8568277440	indignation	a feeling of righteous anger	146
8568279010	patronizing	treating someone with arrogance as though they are beneath you	147
8568279012	surmise	to conclude without complete evidence	148
8568283155	immoderate	beyond reasonable limits	149
8568284302	utilitarian	having a useful function	150
8568284304	precept	a doctrine that is taught	151
8568286426	impetuous	undue haste and lack of thought	152
8568287319	effeminate	feminine qualities	153
8568287320	arduous	effort to the point of exhaustion	154
8568292417	celibacy	abstaining from marriage and sexual relations	155
8568292419	neologistic	a relatively new or isolated word or phrase, perhaps entering common use	156
8568294269	portmanteaus	a large two-compartment trunk or suitcase, typically stiff leather	157
8568295504	equanimity	calmness, composure, especially in a difficult situation	158
8568297120	machination	scheming or crafty action, usually with evil intentions	159
8568298874	credulity	too ready to believe; being gullible	160
8568300391	morbidity	how often a disease occurs in a specific area or a focus on death	161
8568301921	ostentatious	vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice	162
8568303663	Oxonian	from Oxford, England, or relating to Oxford University	163
8568305909	tutelage	a guardianship	164
8568307897	heresy	believing in or practicing beliefs outside the norm (the orthodox)	165
8568309416	anabaptists	Christians who baptize those who can confess faith in Christ, not babies	166
8568310944	vestry	a room or building attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into vestments	167
8568313073	vestments	a chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services	168
8568316616	chasuble	a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at mass	169
8568318204	perambulator	a baby carriage or baby buggy	170
8568319313	tableau vivant	motionless figures representing a scene from a story or history	171
8568320934	canon	a collection of sacred books or a standard upon which to make judgements	172
8568322501	canonical practice	an institution having full recognition and status within the church	173
8568324361	shilly-shally	to be undecided, dithering	174
8568325341	notorious	famous or well-known, typically for bad reasons	175
8568326482	debonair	confident, stylish, and charming	176
8568327658	reproach	disgrace or shame	177
8568327659	chafe	extreme irritation or anger	178
8568329661	supercilious	behaving or looking superior to others	179
8568329664	effrontery	boldness, shamelessness, disrespect, cockiness, gall	180
8568331045	insuperable	impossible to overcome	181
8568331048	apprise	make aware of	182
8568331956	interpose	to insert between things or to intervene between parties	183
8568333447	quail	to feel or show fear or apprehension	184
8568336603	temerity	excessive confidence or boldness; audacity	185
8568337948	profusion	an abundance or large quantity	186
8568337998	antecedents	something that existed before or that logically precedes another	187
8568340382	vixen	spiteful or quarrelsome woman; a sexually attractive woman	188
8568341757	atelier	a workshop	189
8568341758	coquetted / coquetry	flirt	190
8568342868	soiree	an evening party, usually in someone's house for chatting and music	191
8568343959	bourgeois	middle class, concerned with wealth, possessions, and respectability	192
8568346484	palpitant	trembling or throbbing	193
8568348305	impetuosity	acting on a sudden or rash action or emotion; impulsiveness	194
8568349523	filial	of or due from a son or daughter (duty, devotion, affection, etc.)	195
8568351329	larder	a room or large cupboard for storing food (pantry)	196
8568352572	eiderdown	small, soft feathers from the breast of an eider duck	197
8568353835	nonplussed	so perplexed or puzzled that one does not know how to react; disconcerted	198
8568355441	pretext	a reason to do something that isn't the real reason	199
8568356840	driblets	a small or insignificant amount, small drops	200
8568358809	multitudinous	numerous	201
8568358810	assail	to make a concerted and violent attack on	202
8568359750	repose	rest, sleep, or tranquility; composure	203
8568359751	precinct	perceived boundaries or a building or place	204
8568361633	coup d'etat	a sudden, violent, illegal seizure of a government; a successful move	205
8568364123	snuggery	a cozy, comfy place, especially someone's private room or den	206
8568366882	fresco	a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries	207
8568370195	torpid	lethargic	208
8568370198	dissipation	squandering money, energy, and resources, self-indulgence: drinking, debauchery (sex), decadence (luxury)	209
8568373831	indisposed	slightly unwell or unwilling	210
8568375028	pirogue	a long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk	211
8568376193	mullet	a fish caught for eating	212
8568377074	impetuous	acting or done quickly without thought or care	213
8568378296	consternation	feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected	214
8568386828	dissolution	the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body	215
8568388689	lawn sleeves	the sleeves forming part of the attire of an Anglican bishop	216
8568389796	languor	the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia or a stillness in the air	217
8568391893	evince	reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling), indicate	218
8568392714	upbraid	find fault with or scold	219
8568392717	lament	a passionate expression of grief or sorrow, mourning	220
8568394549	efface	make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous	221
8568395847	diminutive	extremely or unusually small	222
8568397840	insidious	proceeding in a gradual, subtle, harmful way; treacherous, crafty	223
8568400132	impervious	unable to be affected by, impenetrable	224
8568401911	smote	hit hard, defeat, attack, affect, to be strongly attracted to someone or something	225
8568404322	accouchement	giving birth to a baby	226
8568405328	congenial	pleasant, agreeable	227
8568405329	prostrate	lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward	228
8568407027	vouchsafe	give, grant, reveal, or disclose	229
8568407041	seriocomic	serious in intention but humorous in manner or vice versa	230
8568408930	ejaculatory	say something quickly and suddenly	231
8568408932	remonstrate	forcefully disapproving	232
8568410620	befurbelowed	ornamented with frills	233
8568412540	sonorous	imposingly deep and full voice or other sound	234
8568412541	impel	drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something	235
8568414697	tumult	a loud, confused noise, especially by a crowd; confusion	236
8568416090	effusive	unrestrained, heartfelt gratitude, pleasure, approval; gushing	237
8568417663	propensity	an inclination or tendency; weakness, predisposition, proclivity	238
8568419895	acme	the point of perfection or greatest success	239
8568421231	creole	a person of mixed European and black descent	240
8568422242	mulatto	a half black and half white person	241
8568422245	quadroon	a person one quarter black	242
8568423681	griffe	the offspring of a black and a mulatto; three quarters black	243
8568425140	suffuse	gradually spread through or over	244
8568427058	desultory	lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm	245
8568428127	forthwith	immediately; without delay	246
8568430467	weazened	wrinkled and withered	247
8568430469	tulle	a soft, fine silk, cotton, or nylon used to make veils or dresses	248
8568431974	entreat	an earnest or humble request	249
8568431975	ennui	listlessness, dissatisfaction from a lack of occupation or excitement	250
8568433547	scintillant	sparking, emitting flashes of light	251
8568435027	plaintive	sounding sad and mournful	252
8568435029	supercilious	behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others	253
8568437860	piquant	pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind	254
8568438644	deprecatory	apologetic or appeasing	255
8568438646	taut	stretched or pulled tight; not slack	256
8568441562	sardonic	grimly mocking or cynical	257
8568443950	solicitude	care or concern for someone or something	258
8568444795	dispose	arrange in a particular position or get rid of by selling or throwing away	259
8568445820	toilet	washing oneself, dressing, grooming, items used for such	260
8568446909	vespers	a sunset church service	261
8568446910	bedlam	scene of uproar and confusion	262
8568448479	commodious	roomy and comfortable	263
8568448482	peignoir	a woman's light dressing gown or negligee	264
8568450523	incipient	in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop	265
8568452793	poignancy	the quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	266
8568455203	compass	a tool that draws circles; instrument showing direction; range or scope of, to surround or enclose, to plan to do something	267
8568456889	don	to put on	268
8568456890	doff	to take off	269
8568456891	anomaly	something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected	270
8568459155	uncanny	strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way, eerie or unnatural	271
8568460934	voluptuous	of, relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure, a curvy or sexy woman	272
8568462756	alacrity	brisk and cheerful readiness	273
8568462893	extraneous	irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with	274

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7765052120	acquisitive	able to get retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property	0
7765058613	arrogate	to claim or take without right	1
7765061228	banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace	2
7765064752	belabor	to work on excessively; to thrash soundly	3
7765067233	carping	tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way	4
7765070271	coherent	holding or sticking together; making a logical whole, comprehensive, meaningful	5
7765083352	congeal	to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid	6
7765087816	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model	7
7765092334	encomium	a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute	8
7765095578	eschew	to avoid, shun, keep away from	9
7765099898	germane	relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting	10
7765104304	insatiable	so great or demanding as not to be satisfied	11
7765111178	intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcilable	12
7765116118	invidious	offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment	13
7765120899	largesse	generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions	14
7765131257	reconnaissance	a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination	15
7765147294	substantiate	to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to	16
7765153438	taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little	17
7765158083	temporize	to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise	18
7765167559	tenable	capable of being held or defended	19

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8595124469	SOAPSTONE	S-speaker O-occation A-audience P-purpose S-subject Tone-the tone	0
8595128142	Rhetorical Triangle	Vertex - Speaker Base Angle 1 - Message Base Angle 2 - Audience Overall Triangle - Purpose	1
8595484262	Ethos	the appeal to credibility	2
8595484263	Logos	the appeal to logic	3
8595484264	Pathos	the appeal to emotion	4
8603424093	Four modes of discourse	1. narration - a story 2. description - impression of something 3. exposition - giving information 4. argumentation - to persuade	5
8644482972	Narration	telling a story	6
8644485240	Description	presents factual information about a topic	7
8644487481	Exposition	set out an idea in a clear and objective manner; telling about something without bias	8
8644492255	Argumentation	attempt to persuade a reader of the writer's viewpoint	9
8603426130	Four Types of Sentences	1. imperative - command 2. declarative - giving information 3. interrogative - presenting a question 4. exclamatory - excited state	10
8603430792	The Five Canons of Rhetoric	1. invention - layout ideas 2. arrangement - organize 3. style - diction, syntax, tone, etc. 4. memory - make writing stand out (pattens, alliteration, etc.) 5. delivery - fluency of syntax	11
8644467802	Invention	selection of patterns best for the writer's purpose -analogy -cause and effect -classification or division -comparison and contrast -definition -example or illustration -process analysis	12
8644467803	Arrangement	organization of writing or speech -cause and effect -chronological -comparison and contrast -flash back or flash foward -general to specific (or specific to general) -least to most important (or most to least) -spatial	13
8644467804	Style	artful expression of ideas -detail -diction -figures of speech -imagery -syntax -tone	14
8644470227	Memory	devices that make speech or writing memorable -acronym -pattern of three -repetition	15
8644470228	Delivery	conscious use of gesture, expression, and pacing	16
8603463767	Voice	-persona the reader hears in the writing -overall sense we hear in style	17
8603463768	Syntax	deliberate sentence structure the author chooses to make his or her desired point --sentence length --functional --grammatical --rhetorical	18
8644989984	Parallel Structure (Parallelism)	-refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence -involves an arrangements of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased ex). He was walking, running, and jumping for joy.	19
8645008621	Antithesis	contrasting words, phrases, or clauses that are placed next to each other ex). It was the worst of times, it was the best of times	20
8645024004	Rhetorical Question	-a question which expects no answer -used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement ex). If Mr. Ferchoff is always fair, as you have said, why did he refuse to listen to Mrs. Baldwin's arguments?	21
8603466243	Diction	word choice by the writer in order to achieve their purpose and give the reader a certain understanding of the text	22
8603466244	Tone	the writers attitude toward a subject ex). nostalgic, argumentative, direct	23
8603466245	Imagery	SENSORY words or phrases that paint a picture in the audience's mind	24
8603466246	Claim	-thesis -proposition of which you want to convey to your audience -something is true or not true -something does or does not have worth -something should or should not be done	25
8603466247	Concession	acknowledging a valid opinion of the opposition	26
8603467708	Rebuttal	refuting the points of the opposition	27
8603467709	Qualifier	-limits the scope of your argument (avoiding extreme language- such as never and always) -a term that makes a statement less general or extreme -making your opinion easier to support	28
8606141230	Take a position on the relationship...	state a claim develop and support do not merely have a thesis that is an observation make sure the paper matches the thesis -policy (should) -value	29
8606170974	If you clarify your thesis...	the reader will give a better grade, as long as it is backed up	30
8606175318	Generalizations are...	NO GOOD show distinct facts that are true do not make stuff up	31
8606228258	Examples	it is better to make less if they are more developed, compared to more that is listed and do not connect the dots COMPELING EVIDENCE	32
8606240715	Conclusion	FINISH IT plan to finish need to conclude in an orderly fashion to wrap up the essay with a nice bow	33
8606585560	The purpose of rhetoric is to evoke a response from the reader	TRUE this is the heart of rhetoric -- make them do something	34
8606610895	The following is an acceptable thesis: "The [writer] uses rhetorical strategies to achieve he purpose"	FALSE -name the strategies -never say "the writer uses rhetorical strategies" -be clear of the purpose	35
8606624717	In rhetorical analysis, one should identify the most unique and interesting features of a piece of writing	FALSE -don't ignore the obvious -look at dominate features -even the most obvious strategies relate to the purpose, so talk about it	36
8606644060	It's acceptable to address the SOAPSTONE elements solely in the introduction, as long as you specifically address them all.	FALSE -these are key to the foundation of the piece, so must be used throughout -purpose is the most important and must be related in each paragraph	37
8606663789	It is preferable to identify fewer rhetorical strategies and tie them all back to the writer's purpose than addressing twice as many features	TRUE connect the dots	38
8606672651	The following terms should not be introduced by writing, "the writer uses___" : diction, syntax, tone, voice, pathos, ethos, or logos	TRUE	39
8606681027	It is acceptable to write, "The writer appeals to pathos" as long as one backs it up with evidence of emotion	FALSE -never use this form of introduction of a strategy -better to say : "the writer appeals to the passion, nostalgia, etc. to evoke ____"	40
8606693666	One must always explain the effect of a writer's rhetorical choice he/she is choosing to write about	TRUE	41
8606697204	If the rhetor chooses to leave something out, then one should probably not write about it either	FALSE -the writer chose to leave it out for a reason, so why did he/she do it? -analyze what the leave out does -connects to the purpose	42
8606706636	One should look for pattern when reading for analysis	TRUE	43
8606711656	It is a good idea to read just enough of the passage to find enough rhetorical strategies to analyze	FALSE read the entire passage	44
8606722231	One should avoid: stating that a passage is difficult to understand, explaining that a writer used a strategy to gain the attention of or engage the reader, or writing about the strategies "that stood out the most"	TRUE	45
8606727094	If a student uses more linking verbs than active verbs overall, he/she probably will not earn a six for the essay	FALSE -a student could use only linking verbs and still get a good grade -the grade depends on a holistic view, decision on the rest of language as well	46
8606737680	The word "should" typically indicates an argument is being made	TRUE -there are some exceptions, but the word indicates an opinion is being made and defended	47
8606741709	One should explicitly state one's conclusion in an argument essay	TRUE	48
8606750743	One should use adverbs like "always" and "never" to nearly state one's opinion	FALSE -never use extreme language like this	49
8606750745	One should avoid clarifying the question at the heart of the issue in order to frame the argument in accordance with one's own opinion	FALSE show the connection	50
8606764136	It is necessary to consider opposing arguments in persuasive argument	TRUE	51
8606771999	It is appropriate to find common ground and identify shared values in persuasive writing	TRUE	52
8606778172	Making concession weakens ones argument by creating a sense of vulnerability	FALSE they are good	53
8606782571	Personal observations and experience are fine in a class debate, but they should be avoided in an AP Exam essay	FALSE they are welcomed as long as they are developed and effectively prove your thesis	54
8606791169	You should not insult the reader's intelligence by explaining how every piece of evidence connects to your main claim	False -you need to explain everything -it is not an insult	55
8606800298	As long as you convey your passion, it is acceptable to speak in broad, unsupported generalization	FALSE -must be explicitly clear -specific evidence in lesser quantities is better than a list of babble	56
8606812095	As long as you can identify and define the more intelligent answer of the AP exam argument question, you'll score at least a six	FALSE -it is your own opinion -defend your position -it cannot be wrong unless you are unsuccessful in defending	57
8606822011	Conjunctive adverbs, such as furthermore, therefore, consequently, in contrast, etc., make a writer sound conceited and should be avoided	FALSE -they are essential -they show you are extending a thought -they show the ideas are connecting	58
8606831534	Argument writing woks best when you treat it like a math test and show your thinking step by step	TRUE connect the dots	59
8645042497	Exordium	the introduction of a speech, where one announces the subject and purpose of the discourse, and where ones usually employs the persuasive appeal of ethos in order to establish credibility with the audience	60
8645048474	Narratio	-following the exordium -the speaker provides a narrative account of what has happened and generally explains the nature of the case -followed by propositio (summary of the issues or a statement of the charge)	61
8645061828	Partitio/Divisio	-following narration -the speaker outlines what will follow, in accordance with what's been stated as the status or point at issue in the case -blended with propositio and assists memory	62
8645073479	Confirmatio	-following partition -main body of the speech where one offers logical arguments as proof -appeal to logos is emphasized	63
8645081784	Refutatio	-following confirmatio -devoted to answering the counterarguments of one's opponent	64
8645086231	Peroratio	-following refutatio -conventionally employed appeals through pathos, and often included a summing up	65

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7315079736	Antithesis	literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.	0
7315083709	Antihero	a protagonist of a drama or narrative who is notably lacking in heroic qualities.	1
7315086150	Anthropomorphism	can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects.	2
7315086151	Aphorism	a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner.	3
7315088473	Apostrophe	an arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea in such a way as if it were present and capable of understanding feelings.	4
7315088474	Apposition	When a noun or word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it	5
7315090423	Assonance	the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables	6
7315090424	Asyndeton	intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy.	7
7315092507	Balance	an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.	8

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4108586825	Ad Hominem	A fallacy that attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand	0
4108586826	Allegory	Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts	1
4108586827	Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words	2
4108586828	Allusion	A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another place, idea, or person from history or literature	3
4108586829	Ambiguity	Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation	4
4108586830	Analogy	The correspondance or resemblance between two things that are essentially different	5
4108586831	Faulty Analogy	poorly devised, inaccurate or illogical comparison	6
4108586832	Anecdote	A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making	7
4108586833	Antecedent	Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun	8
4108586834	Antithesis	An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses	9
4108586835	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle	10
4108586836	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker	11
4108586837	Appositive	A word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity	12
4108586838	Asyndeton	When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence	13
4108586839	Atmosphere (mood)	the emotional feeling of a place, scene, or event	14
4108586840	Bandwagon Appeals	A fallacy that urges people to follow the same path or accept the same idea based on popular behavior/opinion	15
4108586841	Begging the Question	A fallacy that assumes as true the very claim that is disputed; a form of circular reasoning that is divorced from reality	16
4108586842	Caricature	a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics	17
4108586843	Clause	a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	18
4108586844	Coordination	joining one or more equal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a coordinating conjunction	19
4108586845	Contrast	explain differences in two or more items	20
4108586846	Colloquial Language	Slang or common language that is informal	21
4108586847	Connotation	the interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning	22
4108586848	Deductive Argument	The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example	23
4108586849	Denotation	The literal, dictionary defined meaning of a word	24
4108586850	Diction	An author's choice of words	25
4108586851	Didactic	Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing	26
4108586852	Dogmatism	A fallacy that asserts or assumes there is only one solution or direction to go	27
4108586853	Either-Or Choices	A fallacy that asserts there are only two choices, one positive and one negative	28
4108586854	Elegy	A work that expresses sorrow	29
4108586855	Ellipses	indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted	30
4108586856	Equivocation	an argument that gives a lie an honest appearance; a half truth	31
4108586857	Ethos	Refers to the honesty, credibility, values, intentions and authority of the speaker	32
4108586858	Euphemism	A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea	33
4108586859	Exposition	Writing or speech that is organized to explain	34
4108586860	False Authority	A fallacy that offers the speaker/writer's authority as the sole reason for believing a claim	35
4108586861	Faulty Causality	in Latin "post hoc, ergo propter hoc". A fallacy that assumes one event/action causes another	36
4108586862	Figurative Language	All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison	37
4108586863	Footnotes	numbered references within a work that correspond to numbers at the bottom of the page	38
4108586864	Foreshadowing	A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative	39
4108586865	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits (prose, poetry, drama) (fiction etc.)	40
4108586866	Hasty Generalization	A fallacy that assumes as true an inference derived from insuffcient evidence; a stereotype	41
4108586867	Hyperbole	A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis	42
4108586868	Imagery	A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations	43
4108586869	Inductive Argument	creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide	44
4108586870	Inference/infer	to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented	45
4108586871	Invective (tirade, polemic)	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language	46
4108586872	Irony	Contrast between what is stated and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true	47
4108586873	Verbal Irony	when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's meaning	48
4108586874	Situational Irony	when events turn out the opposite of what characters and readers expect	49
4108586875	Dramatic Irony	when facts or events are known by the audience but not the characters in work	50
4108586876	Juxtaposition	when two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison	51
4108586877	Logos	the use of hard evidence and logicial reasoning as a controlling principle in an argument	52
4108586878	Metaphor	a figure of speech in which two things are compared directly	53
4108586879	Metonymy	a figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	54
4108586880	Mood (atmosphere)	The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event	55
4108586881	Narrative	the telling of a story or an account of an event of series of events	56
4108586882	Non Sequitur	A fallacy that claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect or follow each other	57
4108586883	Onomatopoeia	an effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning; buzz, hiss, hum, crack	58
4108586884	Oxymoron	two contradictory words in one expression; jumbo shrimp	59
4108586885	Paradox	a seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth	60
4108586886	Parallelism	a literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structure	61
4108586887	Parenthetical Ideas	A short diversion from the main point of a work	62
4108586888	Parody	an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work	63
4108586889	Pathos	A sympathetic appeal to pity or compassion used in an argument	64
4108586890	Pedantic	a tone that is overly academic, scholarly, or bookish	65
4108586891	Persona	the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text	66
4108586892	Personification	a figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities	67
4108586893	Point of View	the particular perspective from which a story is told	68
4108586894	Pun	a play on words	69
4108586895	Repetition	the reiteration of a word, phrase, image sound, etc. for emphasis	70
4108586896	Rhetoric	the art, style and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose	71
4108586897	Rhetorical Strategy	the way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose	72
4108586898	Rhetorical Devices	the specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, syntax)	73
4108586899	Rhetorical Question	a question that is asked for the sake of the argument	74
4108586900	Satire	to ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines while making a clear point (unlike parody)	75
4108586901	Scare Tactics	a fallacy that over-emphasizes possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood	76
4108586902	Selection of Detail	the specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative; details may be concrete or abstract	77
4108586903	Semantics	the branch of language that studies the meaning of words	78
4108586904	Declarative sentence	assertive- a statement	79
4108586905	Imperative sentence	auhoritative- command	80
4108586906	Interrogative sentence	asks a question	81
4108586907	Exclamatory sentence	expresses emotion	82
4108586908	Simple Sentence	one subject and one verb	83
4108586909	Compound Sentence	more than one subject and/or verb (no dependent clauses)	84
4108586910	Complex Sentence	one independent and one or more dependent clauses	85
4108586911	Compound-Complex Sentence	two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses	86
4108586912	Loose (Cumulative) Sentence	subordinate structures after the main subject and verb	87
4108586913	Periodic (Climactic) Sentence	subordinate structures before the main subject and verb	88
4108586914	Convoluted sentence	subordinate structures between main subject and verb	89
4108586915	Sentimental Appeals	a fallacy that uses tender, heartwarming emotions excessively to distract readers from facts	90
4108586916	Simile	a figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as"	91
4108586917	Slippery Slope	a fallacy that portrays a small problem as tomorrow's slide into disaster	92
4108586918	Speaker	the narrator of a story, poem, or drama	93
4108586919	Straw man	a fallacy that attacks an argument that really isn't there or isn't the real issue at hand	94
4108586920	Subordination	joining two or more unequal grammatical units (words, phrases, or clauses) with a subordinating conjunction	95
4108586921	Syllogism	a form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion	96
4108586922	Symbol	something that represents something else	97
4108586923	Synonym	a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word	98
4108586924	Syntax	the way words are arranged in a sentence	99
4108586925	Tension	a feeling of excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work	100
4108586926	Theme	the central idea	101
4108586927	Tone	Author's attitude	102
4108586928	Transition	a word or phrase that links different ideas	103
4108586929	Understatement	when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves	104

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