SAT/ACT Terms
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Language that brings to mind sense-impressions, especially via figures of speech.
What is imagery?
200
A way of speaking that is peculiar to a region, group or class, or the conventional forms peculiar to a language. Also an expression that is odd or incorrect and yet accepted, or one that has a meaning that does not clearly derive from the words that combine to form it.
What is an idiom?
300
This word means "intended to instruct or to educate."
What is didactic?
400
A sudden, powerful, and often spiritual or life-changing realization that a character reaches in an otherwise ordinary or everyday moment.
What is epiphany?
500
A new or invented word, expression, or usage.
What is neologism?
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