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Sat vocab 2
miss hahn reading writing stratgies
Term | Definition |
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Circumlocution | Speaking in circles |
Colloquial | Pertaining to common everyday speech, conversational |
Diffuse | Spread out, not concise, wordy |
Digress | To wonder off on the subject or topic spoken about |
Eloquence | Artful ease with speaking, speech that can influence people's feelings |
Garrulous | Talkative |
Grandiloquent | Using big and fancy words wen speaking to impress others |
Loquacious | Very talkative, likening to talk |
Prattle | To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner |
Rant | To talk very loudly |
Rhetorical | Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect |
Verbose | Using to many words |
Voluble | Talking a great deal with ease |