10 Vocab Unit 1 Review

a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something

• cliche

• deterrent

• contrast

a tendency to favor one thing over another

• analogy

• contradiction

• bias

A statement that goes against another statement

• contradiction

• ambiguity

• analogy

a direct reference to something else

• contrast

• allusion

• euphemism

an overused expression (lack of original thought)

• cliche

• bias

• analogy

a comparison between two things

• colloquialism

• analogy

• contrast

a statement with multiple meanings

• ambiguity

• contradiction

• euphemism

a polite, indirect expression used in place of one that may be considered hard or unpleasant

• euphemism

• colloquialism

• allusion

a slang expression used in INformal speech

• contrast

• allusion

• colloquialism

a comparison between two things (usually differences)

• analogy

• contrast

• allusion