Vocab:week 3 Flashcards

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Edict:noun

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Official statement or law

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Compatriots:Noun

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Fellow countrymen

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Expound:verb

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To set forth in detail

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Firmament:noun

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The sky or heavens

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Hermetically:adverb

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Completely sealed; airtight

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Genre:adjective

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Of or pertaining to a distinctive literary.

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Thesis:noun

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A subject for a composition or essay.

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Focus:noun

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Central point of a passage

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Structure:noun

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The relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or lit
Ex. structure of a poem

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Precise language:noun

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Vocab of precise nouns and vivid verbs that create strong mental pictures and avoid wordiness.

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