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20 Cards in this Set
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Haughty (Adj.) |
pretentious; disdainfully proud; arrogant |
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Anachronism (N.) |
Use of historically inaccurate details in a text; the inclusion of objects, characters, or ideas that are clearly from a time period other than the story's telling |
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Langour (N.) |
Lack of energy or vitality; lack of interest; emotional weakness |
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Facetious (Adj.) |
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally; joking |
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Belie (V.) |
To show to be false; contradict or misrepresent |
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Chicanery (N.) |
Trickery or deceptioon by quibblling (petty fighting) or subterfuge (dodge or ruse) |
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Bellicose (Adj.) |
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. |
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Coherence (N.) |
A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible |
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Didactic (Adj.) |
Inteneded for teaching or teach a moral lesson |
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Colloquial (Adj.) |
the use of slang in speech or writing |
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Immolate (V.) |
To sacrafice or destroy by fire |
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Diction (N.) |
refers to author's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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Capricious (Adj.) |
Given to unaccountable or sudden changes of mood or behavior |
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Chagrin (N.) |
distressed or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated |
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Connotation (N.) |
the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning, involving ideas, emotions, or attitudes. |
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Denotation (N.) |
The strict, literal, dictionary definintion of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. |
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Dichotomy (N.) |
Division into two opposed or contradictory groups. |
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Cogent (Adj.) |
Convincing or believable by clear presentation; to the point; relevant or pertinent |
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Dramatic Irony (N.) |
in this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but are known to the reader, audience member, or other characters in the work |
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Chimerical (Adj.) |
existing only as a product of unchecked imagination; fantastically visionary or highly unrealistic. |
