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12th Grade
09/18/2012
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artificial
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false
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bombastic
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pompous, ostentatious
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colloquial
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vernacular
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concrete
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actual, specific, particular
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connectative
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alludes to; suggestive
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cultured
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cultivated, refined, finished
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detached
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cut-off, removed, separated
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emotional
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expressive of emotions
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esoteric
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understood by a chosen few
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euphemistic
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insincere, affected
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exact
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verbatim, precise
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figurative
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serving as illustration
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formal
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academic, conventional
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grotesque
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hideous, deformed
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homespun
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folksy, homey, native, rustic
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idiomatic
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peculiar, vernacular
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insipid
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uninteresting, tame, dull
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jargon
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vocabulary for a profession
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learned
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educated, experienced
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literal
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apparent, word for word
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morallistic
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puritanical, righteous
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obscure
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unclear
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obtuse
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dull-witted, undiscerning
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ordinary
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everyday, common
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pedantic
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didactic, scholastic, bookish
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plain
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clear, obvious
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poetic
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lyric, melodious, romantic
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precise
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exact, accurate, decisive
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pretentious
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pompous, gaudy, inflated
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provincial
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rural, rustic, unpolished
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scholarly
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intellectual, academic
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sensuous
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passionate, luscious
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simple
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clear, intelligible
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slang
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lingo, colloquialism
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symbolic
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representative, metaphorical
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trite
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common, banal, stereotyped
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informal
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casual, relaxed, unofficial
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vulgar
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coarse, indecent, tasteless
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rhetorical question
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food for thought; create satire/sarcasm; pose dilemma
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euphemism
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substituting a milder or less offensive sounding word(s)
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aphorism
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universal commends, sayings, proverbs - convey major point
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repitition
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also called refrain; repeated word, sentence, or phrase
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restatement
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main point said in another way
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irony
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either verbal or situational - good for revealing attitude
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allusion
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refers to something universally known
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paradox
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a statement that can be true and false at the same time
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