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vocab 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |
| Coherence | A principle demanding that parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible |
| Connotation | the nonliteral, associative, meaning of a word. |
| Denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary meaning of a word. |
| Ethos | appealing to ethics |
| Euphemism | the use of a word or phrase that is less direct and is less offensive e.g. "earthly remains" instead of "corpse" |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. |
| Hypophora | Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered |
| Imagery | descriptions which impress the images of images of images of things upon the mind using one or more of the five senses |