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Plato NMS4
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English
10th Grade
11/01/2010

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Coherent
Definition
capable of logical and consistent speech, thought
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Controversy
Definition
dispute, argument, or debate, esp one concerning a matter about which there is strong disagreement and esp one carried on in public or in the press
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Elaborate
Definition
planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed
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Focus
Definition
a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated
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Trivial
Definition
of very little importance or value
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Procured
Definition
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
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Acquittal
Definition
the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty
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Censuring
Definition
strong or vehement expression of disapproval
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Intimation
Definition
a hint or suggestion
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Reproved
Definition
to criticize or correct,
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Verbal irony
Definition
a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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Dramatic irony
Definition
the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
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Situational irony
Definition
an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
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Imagery
Definition
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
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Analogy
Definition
a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
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Monologue
Definition
a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker
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