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Words 31-40 Flashcards

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Expository writing

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Writing that makes a statement by explaining or giving information

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Writing that makes a statement by explaining or giving information

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Expository writing

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Fallacy

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An argument that isn’t valid

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And argument that isn’t valid

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Fallacy

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Figurative language

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Stylistic devices such as figures of speech to convey nonliteral meetings

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Stylistic devices such as figures of speech to convey nonliteral meetings

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Figurative language

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Foreshadow

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To hint at or present things to come

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To hint at or present things to come

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Foreshadow

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Genre

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Literary forms such as tragedy comedy novel or essay

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Literary forms such as tragedy comedy novel or essay

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Genre

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Hamartia

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Aristotle’s term for the main characters tragic flaw or error in judgment

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Aristotle’s term for the main characters tragic flaw or error in judgment

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Hamartia

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language

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An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language

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Hyperbole

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Imagery

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Sensory details in a work

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Sensory details in a work

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Imagery

17
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In medias res

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“In the middle of things”. Opening a story at the middle for example

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“In the middle of things”. Opening a story at the middle for example

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In medias res

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Inference

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The process of arriving at a conclusion from a hint implication or suggestion

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The process of arriving at a conclusion from a hint implication or suggestion

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Inference

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Doubtful

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Dubious

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Ebullient

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Overflowing with enthusiasm

24
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Overflowing with enthusiasm

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Ebullient

25
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Elegiac

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Expressing sorrow or lamentation

26
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Expressing sorrow or lamentation

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Elegiac

27
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Emulate

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To try to equal or excel

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To try to equal or excel

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Emulate

29
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Encumber

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To impede or hinder, to burden or weigh down

30
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To impede or hinder, to burden or weigh down

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Encumber

31
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Eschew

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To abstain or keep away from, avoid

32
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To abstain or keep away from, avoid

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Eschew

33
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Exonerate

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To clear, free from guilt or blame

34
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To clear, free from guilt or blame

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Exonerate

35
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Extol

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To praise highly

36
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To praise highly

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Extol

37
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Extricate

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To free or release from entanglement

38
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To free or release from entanglement

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Extricate

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