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17 Cards in this Set
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Imagery
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Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a littary work
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Visually
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Theme
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Subject or talk (piece of writing, a persons thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic)
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Subject
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Tone
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General character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc
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General
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Mood
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Inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind
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State of mind
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Alliteration
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Same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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She shells
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Simile
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Comparing two things that aren't alike using like or as
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Infer
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Deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explict statements
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Reasoning
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Individualistic
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Marked by or expressing individuality; unconventionality
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Satirical
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Sarcastic, critical and mocking another's weakness
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Cynical
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People are motivated by self interest (distrustful of human sincerity or integrity)
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Candid
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Truthful and straightforward
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Basteroosly
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Someone spirited, loud and slightly out of control
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Marred
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Impair the appearance of; disfigure/impair the quality of; spoil
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Nebulous
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Unclear, vague, or illdefined
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Peremptorily
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Put end to or precluding a right of action, debate or delay
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Logical falicies
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Concept of making an error in terms of reasoning (avoid in order to persuade)
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Parallelism
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Use of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
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