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Literary and vocab words
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Language - English
10th Grade
03/23/2015

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Diction
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Word Choice
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Verbal Irony
Definition
Writer says the opposite of what they really mean (sarcasm)
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Imagery
Definition
anything that appears to the 5 senses
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Assonance
Definition
repeated vowel sounds
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Alliteration
Definition
the same constant sound. "denimins Dental frist"
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Personification
Definition

human charactistics to unhuman things. 

"the rocks are breathing"

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Allusion
Definition
Refering to something or someone famous.
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Logos
Definition
appealing to logic, facts, statistics
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Pathos
Definition
Appeals to emotion, sad, mad, angry
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Ethos
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Appeals to trust, seems relatable
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Parrallelism/ Parrallel Structure
Definition
Similar grammatical structure repeated.. 2 sentences written very similar close together
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
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ethos? logos? pathos?
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North and South, East and West
Definition
Ethos? Pathos? Logos? parallel structure
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Suffix - ology
Definition
study of
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root - bene
Definition
good
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Roots "Dem" and "demos"
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people
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Root "polis"
Definition
city
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Root "aud"
Definition
hear
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Chaos
Definition
Complete disorder
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Cynical
Definition
Doubtful of distrustful of human motives
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Destitute
Definition
Extremely poor; lacking food and shelter
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Extradite
Definition
to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction
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Irascribe
Definition
easily angered
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Diffident
Definition
lack of self confidence; shy
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Opus
Definition
creative word, especially a numbered compostion
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Demure
Definition
quiet and modest
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Copious
Definition
numerous
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Divulge
Definition
Make known
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Jaundiced
Definition
Prejudiced; hostile
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Inexorable
Definition
unrelenting; unavoblable
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Hersey
Definition
the crime of holding  a belief that goes against doctrine
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Concur
Definition
to be of same opinion
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Rancor
Definition
extreme hatred or ill will
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Docile
Definition
easy to teach or manage
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Apathy
Definition
lack of interest
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Meticulous
Definition
extremely careful of small details
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Emaciated
Definition
extremely thin
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Coerce
Definition
to force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats
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Motley
Definition
made up of dissimiliar parts; being of many colors
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1Augment
Definition
to enlarge
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Bastion
Definition
Strong defense
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Officious
Definition
excessively eager to deliver ;unasked for help
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