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Vocabulary 10-26-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Annotation | explanatory groups added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical notes |
| Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun |
| Antithesis | two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clause, or even ideas |
| Aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle |
| Apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction |
| Appositive | a word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning |
| Argumentation | to prove the validity of an idea, or a point of view, by presenting good sound reasoning, discussion and argument to convince the reader |
| Assonance | repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity |
| Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb |
| Colloquial | ordinary or familiar type of conversation |