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English vocab #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colloquial/colloquialism | slang or informalities in speech or writing |
| coherence | immediately clear and intelligible |
| connotation | the non literal associative meaning of a word |
| denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word |
| diction | related to style, diction refers to the writers word choice. |
| ethos | appealing to ethics |
| euphemism | the use of a word or phrase that is less offensive than another |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
| hypophora | figure of reasoning in which one of more questions is/are asked and then answered |
| imagery | descriptions which impress the images of images of things upon the mind using one or more of five senses. |