9/3/13 8:55 AM Abstract something that discusses intangible qualities like good vs evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points A cutting from a larger work That was abstract- that was intangible Academic describing style, this means dry and theoretical writing accent in poetry referring to the stressed portion of a word accentual verse system of verse in which accents are used to determine the length of lines of poetry number of syllables is not important acronym a word formed by using initials, like MADD or NASA Ad hominem A logical fallacy that is an argument against man, an attack on person?s character rather than a rebuttal to his or her actual opinion Ad populum