Unit 1: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. challenge
    take exception to
  2. defend
    argue or speak in justification of
  3. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  4. qualify
    prove capable or fit; meet requirements
  5. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  6. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  7. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  8. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  9. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  10. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  11. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
Created on Mon Nov 29 14:08:19 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 12 12:44:55 EST 2022)

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