Flashcard:ass#1

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Insightful (adj)
(insight(N))

" Your effort to find more than meets the eye should lead to insightful observation and productive discussion."
P.XXXI

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meaning:(insight) the ability to understand something clearly

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enormus(adj)

"....Like an enormus highway sign."
P.XXX

Back 2

meaning: extremely large in size or amount

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commuters(N)

"where the audience is composed of commuters in their car?"
P.XXX

Back 3

meaning: someone who regularly travels in order to get to work.

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overwhelm (V)

" Our purpose for providing all this information, by the way, is not to overwhelm you with stuff you have to know and think about in order to read the material you will encounter."
P.XL

Back 4

meaning: if a feeling overwhelms someone, s/he feels it very strongly.
(affecting someone very strongly)

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abolish (V)

" Do you think standardized college admission tets should be abolished?"
P.XXXV

Back 5

meaning: to officially end a law,system

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rhetoric (N)

" A discipline that studies the various methods and procedures of expression is rhetoric."
P.XXXII

Back 6

meaning: 1.speech or writing that sounds impressive but is not actually sincere orvery useful.
2. the art of speaking or writing in order to persuade or influence people.

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Inconsequential (adj)

" -,be careful of too quickly dismissing some works as simple, travel, or inconsequential."
P.XXXI

Back 7

meaning: not important

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Meticulous (adj)

" writer and artists are known for their meticulous observations."
P.XXXIII

Back 8

meaning: very careful about details, and always trying to do things correctly

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inconography (N)

"What does it mean to use the iconography of road signs in public art?"
P.XXX

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meaning:1. the art if pictorial representation or illustration.
2. a serise or collection of images.

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Method(N)

"-it's method."
P.XXIX

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meaning:a term refers to how a text is put togather-generated, expressed, structured, and put to purpose.