Critical Vocab Flashcard #2

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Idea or feeling a word invokes beyond its literal meaning.

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Connotation

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Literal meaning of a word

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Denotation

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Adverb for emphasis

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Intensifiers

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Highest degree of comparison

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Superlative

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A group of words with a meaning not deducible from individual words.

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Idiom

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Linguistic style for casual communication

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Colloquial language

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Rhetoric that influences an audience using emotionally charged words and stereotypes.

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Highly charged language

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A form of language specific to a region or social group.

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Dialect

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Words or expressions used by a specific profession that are hard for others to understand.

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Jargon

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A pithy observation containing a general truth

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Aphorism