AP Week 3 Flashcards
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| 4829893312 | Juxtaposes (v) | To place or deal with close together for contrast | 0 | |
| 4829900103 | Refutes (v) | To disprove, deny, or contradict | 1 | |
| 4829903915 | Transcends (v) | To rise above | 2 | |
| 4829903916 | Portrays (v) | To describe in a particular way | 3 | |
| 4829904926 | Differentiates (v) | To set apart by recognizing differences | 4 | |
| 4829904927 | Sarcasm (n) | A sneering, cutting, or biting remark | 5 | |
| 4829906933 | Educated (adj) | A tone word implying that the speaker is knowledgeable about his or her subject | 6 | |
| 4829909786 | Irony (n) | A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between the appearance and the reality. | 7 | |
| 4829910373 | Description (n) | a rhetorical mode of writing in which "illustrative detail" is used; often, this mode takes a person or object and then _______________s that person or thing in great illustrative detail. | 8 | |
| 4829910374 | Satirc (adj) | A scornful, sardonic tone that ridicules weakness, vice, or folly. Syn. sardonic, ironical, taunting, cutting, mordant, biting, acid. See cynical. | 9 |