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Eng Vocab Test 2
October 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colloquial/colloquialism | slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not acceptable in formal writing. |
| Coherence | Has to be clean and intelligible |
| Connotation | The non-literal meaning of a word |
| Denotation | The literal meaning of a word |
| Diction | the writer's word choices |
| Ethos | appealing to ethics. |
| Euphemism | the use of a word that is less direct, offensive than another |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech using exaggeration |
| Hypophora | figure of reasoning in which one or more questions are asked then answered |
| Imagery | to describe something using words that invoke one of the 5 senses and creates an image in your head. |