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Midterm Review Flashcards

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n. something causing pain or suffering

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Affliction

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adj. very beautiful; delicate; carefully wrought

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Exquisite

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n. sign; things that point out or signify

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indication

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n. a great supply; more than enough

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abundance

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v. steal

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pilfer

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n. reward repayment

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Recompense

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n. strange or fanciful ideas

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conceits

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v. soothed; calmed

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mollified

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n. danger

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peril

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adj. reluctant, unwilling

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loath

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adj. various, different

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sundry

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n. large, pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for defense

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palisades

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personal involvement

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subjectivity

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fact based; measurable, observable

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objectivity

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n. place to live; group of homes or dwellings

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habitation

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adj. likely to be affected by something

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subject

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n. hardship; difficulty

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adversity

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n. disaster; catastrophe

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calamity

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become less harsh; be more merciful

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relent

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choice and arrangement of words

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diction

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v. satisfy a thirst

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quench

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adv. in many ways

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manifold

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v. persist; be steadfast in purpose

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persevere

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n. emotions

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affections

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n. sacraments or religious rites

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ordinances

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n. power to form an opinion well; good sense

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judgement

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n. clothing

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apparel

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figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified object, quality or idea

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apostrophe

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figure of speech that identifies one thing as being the same as some unrelated other thing

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metaphor

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a speech given from a pulpit in a house of worship

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sermon

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formal public speaking

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oratory

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pattern from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based

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archetype

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n. physical makeup of a person

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constitution

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n. carefulness; caution

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prudence

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adj. all-powerful

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omnipotent

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n. one who reconciles opposing groups

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mediator

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v. cause; bring about

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induce

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expressing the same idea with different words

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restatement

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repetition of the same word or phrases at the beginning of a sentence

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anaphora

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questions asked for effect not answers

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rhetorical question

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repeating an idea

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repetition

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repeating a grammatical structure

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parallelism

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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else; a contrast between two things

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antithesis

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emotional statement

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exclamation

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references to well-known people or events from history, literature, the Bible, and other sources

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allusion

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adj. honest, straightforward

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candid

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n. agreement

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assent

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v. attack; bother

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harass

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n. oppresive

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tyranny

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n. compensation for wrong doing

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redress

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v. agree without protest

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acquiesce

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n. correctness; righteousness

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rectitude

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adj. sensible; careful

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prudent

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to influence the reader’s feelings

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emotional appeal

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to show that an argument is well reasoned

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logical appeal

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to show that an argument is just or fair

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ethical appeal

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to show that a higher power supports the ideas

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authority

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adj. favorably inclined or disposed

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propitious

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n. a violent storm with high winds

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tempest

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adj. relating to war

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martial

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v. ask or beg earnestly; plead

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implore

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adj. thinking deeply or seriously

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pensive

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v. feel sorrow for; mourn

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lament

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giving unhuman objects, human-like qualities

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personification

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