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Define "anaphora"
Define "evince"
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A review of vocab and device terms from this past year.
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Define "evince"
deposit
secure
rant
manifest
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Define "anaphora"
repetition of same word at end of sentence, phrase, clause
repetition of same word at start of sentence, phrase, clause
repetition of same letter in at least two consecutive words
repetition of word in two different senses
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Define "myriad"
plenty
chimera
intractable
splendid
4
Define "sybarite"
marked by disturbance
answer to reply
toned down
devoted to luxury
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What does the "P" in SOAPSTone stand for?
People
Purpose
Persuasion
Practice
6
Define "snippet"
anguish
insidious
morsel
irreproachable
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Pick the sentence with the polysyndeton.
Pizza, jello, chips, and calamari did Jake eat.
Jake ate only pizza, but wanted jello, chips, and calamari.
Jake ate pizza, jello, and chips with no calamari.
Jake ate pizza and jello and chips and calamari.
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Define "soothsayer"
panorama
dogma
psychic
equal
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Define "sequester"
tint
sunder
gluttonous
seclude
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Define "hiatus"
mirth
interruption in time
contrary
agreement in purpose
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Pick the strategy used to convey trust
logos
pathos
bathos
ethos
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Define "eddy"
embryonic
whirlpool
exasperate
sanctum
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Define "epistrophe"
repetition of same word at end of sentence, phrase, clause
repetition of same letter at start of two consecutive words
repetition of a word in two different senses
repetition of same word at start of sentence, phrase, clause
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Define "effigy"
debacle
anteroom
repository
model
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Define "antediluvian"
agreeable
muster
divergent
archaic
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Define "lionize"
revile
beastly
idolize
scold
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Define "bestial"
modest
fearless
brutal
extract
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Define "imbue"
slight
blame
perplex
inspire
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Define "officious"
divergence
trite
intrusive
plethora
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Define "denigrate"
belittle
moor
support
upset
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Define "propitious"
paramount
lucky
quell
sight
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Define "paradigm"
accepting
cast off
original
quieted
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Define "resplendent"
obtrusive
brilliant
stagnant
familiar
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Define "homage"
reverence
jollity
junction
restive
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Define "cache"
stockpile
whirlpool
peeve
fundamental
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What do the two "S"s in SOAPSTone stand for?
Speaker & Subject
Strategy & Style
Sentence & Succinct
Single & Savvy
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Pick the "asyndeton" example
I came, I saw, I conquered.
He sat and ate and chewed and burped.
Pow! Bang! Ouch!
She slept, but then woke up.
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Define "somnambulist"
debaucher
bombast
contract
sleepwalker
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Define "convivial"
sociable
catastrophe
puppet
sanctuary
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Define "sinuous"
beaten
exile
divorce
wavy
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Define "cataclysm"
heirloom
saying
gorge
catastrophe
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Define "anastrophe"
repetition of phrases in reverse grammatical order
using extra long sentences in a speech
inversion of natural word order (like Yoda)
repetition of a word in two different senses
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Pick the strategy that emphasizes anticlimax
pathos
ethos
logos
bathos
34
Define "garish"
caution
modest
alien
civilized
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Define "alcove"
amateur
aggravate
elementary
cubby hole
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Define "intrepid"
fearless
without life
self-restraint
accord
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Define "pithy"
succinct
audacious
hardship
smidgen
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Define "corpulence"
obesity
glee
discontinue
perverse
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Define "purse"
pucker
speech
thickness
adulterer
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Define "tenet"
rural
verse
parallel
canon
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Define "tantamount"
augur
scenery
synonymous
ballad
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Define "confluence"
gathering
hymn
wayward
attentive
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Define "non sequitur"
argument that is an attack on a person
argument that goes on forever
argument that has nothing to do with the topic
argument that doesn't follow sequence
44
Define "upbraid"
to overturn
to strengthen
to cancel
scold harshly
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Define "cognizant"
congregation
fervor
informed
modesty
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Define "eschew"
postpone
perplex
avoid
impeach
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Define "quixotic"
balky
fanciful
spare
barren
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Define "blighted"
requiem
decayed
accord
honor
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Define "bemuse"
expound
confuse
converge
collection
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Define "lithe"
anguish
nimble
self-restraint
blameless
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Define "gratis"
weepy
unconquerable
hypnotic
free
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Define "maladroit"
awkward
original
hushed
response
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Define "dictum"
scorn
compile
strip
saying
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Define "dilettante"
likeness
amateur
cover
farce
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Define "querulous"
to extinguish
controls power
able to predict future
constant complaining
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Define "metaphor"
comparison using like or as
emotional appeal
ethical appeal
comparison without using like or as
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Define "abyss"
chasm
calamity
maze
denude
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Define "lassitude"
dormant
outlandish
bewilder
rebellion
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Define "viscosity"
high resistance to flow
low resistance to flow
act of paying
act of praying
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Define "ad hominem"
argument out of sequence
argument that is 100% accurate
argument that goes on too long
argument against a person rather than concept
