Rhetoric
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Easily Confused Words
Figurative Language
100

What about those starving children dying everyday?

Pathos

100
Mutilate
Destroy or injure severely
100
Dispute or bargain
Haggle
100
When someone gives you advice, is it counsel or council?
Counsel
100

A loud sound came from the house next door.  Bang, bang!  Surely whatever made that sound was not good.

Otomotopia

200

9 of 10 dentists recommend flossing

Ethos

200
Foolhardy
Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
200
Not having or showing foresight
Improvident
200
When speaking of distance, is it further or farther?
Farther
200

My shoes looked tired and their soles were worn out like an old man who welcomed death

Personification

300

Falling asleep in the Summer sun will burn your skin

Logos

300
Succulent
Full of flavor; juice
300
A hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
Pestle
300
Does medicine come with side affects or side effects?
Side effects
300

Her smile lit up the room like the sun

Simile

400

Michael Jordan wears Jordans all day everyday

Ethos

400
Esoteric
Understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
400
Attract or hold the attention of; charm
Captivate
400
Which is used in a comparison between two things, then or than?
Than
400

Ms. Sister Sunday sat still so she could sink silently into the satin sheets.

Alliteration

500

Would you deny the beggar water you have to give?

Pathos

500
Harbinger
A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another
500
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary or through mud
Trudge
500
If someone is being rude to you, will it affect your day or effect your day?
Affect
500

Someone had to break the ice if we were going to talk

Idiom

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