10/31 Flashcards by m a

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Dogma, dogmatic

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A system of beliefs/teachings

Instant or point of view

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Caricature

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Picture drawn exaggerating features

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Colloquial

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Informal

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Didactic

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Instructional

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Cliche

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Betrays a leak of of original thought

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Connotations

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How a word makes you feel

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Catalyst

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Makes change

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Solipsism, solipsistic

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The belief that the self is all that exists

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Bathos

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Comic effect of anticlimax

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Denotation, denotative

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Literal meaning of a word

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Discursive

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Rambling

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Diction

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Word choice

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