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Vocab U 11 and 12

8th Grade Language Arts Vocab on Lists 11 and 12

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fair free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice
abrupt sudden; not expected
approximate near but not exact
social of or pertaining to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community
disclose to make known
gigantic huge
inhabitant a person who lives in a place
justice the quality of being just; righteousness, equaitableness, ,or moral rightness
remote far away; out of the way
revenge to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive way
disclose to make known
purpose of text to entertain, inform, or persuade
symbol something that represents an idea, a physical entity, or a process but is distinct from it; to communicate meaning
tone (author) the author's attitude toward his subject
diction style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
compunction a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; a prinkling of conscience
onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate sounds
repetition the use, more than once, ,of an element of language-a sound, word or phrase
alliteration the repetition of consonant sounds, used to draw attention to certain words or ideas
just guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness, lawful; right and true
social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being
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