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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness;timid; shy. |
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| A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. |
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| moving from topic to topic without order |
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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle
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| the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy;discussion or debate. |
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| trong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord. |
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| Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action |
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| diverging; differing; deviating. |
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| deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in twodifferent ways concerning the same matter with intent todeceive; double-dealing. |
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| Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language |
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contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments
ie. It's raining, but I am not taking an umbrella |
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| a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. For instance, "London", as the capital of the United Kingdom, can be used as a metonym (an instance of metonymy) for the British government. |
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| a recurring structure, contrast, idea, or other device that develops a literary work's major ideas. |
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figure of speech[1] in which a term is used in one of the following ways:
- Part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (Pars pro toto), or
- A thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it (Totum pro parte), or
- A specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or
- A general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class, or
- A material is used to refer to an object composed of that material, or
- A container is used to refer to its contents.
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