Vocabulary Words

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Symbol

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(n)Something with specific meaning in representation of someone or something else.

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Motif

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(n)a recurring object, person, or idea, that helps us better formulate bigger ideas about a text.

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Concession

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(n)an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, a concession is usually accompanied by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument.

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Connotation

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(n)Meanings or associations that have a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotion. Connotations are usually positive or negative, and they can greatly affect the author’s tone.

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Horative Sentence

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(n)a sentence that exhorts, urges, implores, or calls to action.

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Diction

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(n)The word choice, an element of style. Diction creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.

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Antimetabole

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(n)Repetition of words in reverse order

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Colloquialism

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(n)A word or phrase(including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing, but that is often inappropriate in formal writing.

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Deduction

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(n)The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example, narrowing it down

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Allegory

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(n)An extended narrative in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story, normally a political or religious meaning.

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Archaic Diction

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(n)Archaic diction is also known archaism. When a person uses this method of speech, he or she is using words that are old fashioned and belong in an older era.

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Asyndeton

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(n)The ommision or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence,

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Cumulative sentence

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(n)An independent clause followed by a series of (n)phrases that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea. Used when writers want to show the main idea first, then provide more details in the form of phrases.

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Induction

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(n)You start with a limited number of observations, and increase that number by generalizing.

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Juxtaposition

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(n)The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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Oxymoron

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(n)A figure of speech in which apparently contrasting terms appear in conjunction.

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Parallelism

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(n)The state of being parallel or corresponding in some way.
The use of sucessive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meaning, etc.

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Periodic sentence

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(n)A periodic sentence has a main clause at the end. his is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader.

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Synecdoche

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(n)Figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole, or vice versa

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Aphorism

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(n)A brief statement, usually one sentence long, that expresses a general principal or truth about life.

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Tone

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(n)A writer or speaker’s attitude towards the subject and audience.

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Hyperbole

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(n)Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis

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Litotees

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(n)A dramatic understatement meant to reinforce an idea that is contrary(usually a double negative).

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Adulation

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(n)Excessive admiration or praise

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Surly

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(adj)bad-tempered, rude

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Galvanized

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(v)To shock or excite someone of(often leading them to take action)

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Indelible

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(adj)Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered

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Impel

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(n)Urge or force to take action

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Teeming

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(adj)Abundently filled with(especially living things)

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Incredulous

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(adj)Not willing to believe, unbelieving

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Lurid

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(adj)Glaring, vivid, and graphic

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Labyrinth

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(n)a complicated and irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way, a maze.

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Clandestine

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(adj)Kept secret, conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

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Deference

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(n)A dispution or tendency to yield to the will of others

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Contrite

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(adj)feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.