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Short Takes/Not
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Living in CAL
100
theoretical, without reference to specifics
What is abstract?
100
much given to strong feelings
What is emotional?
100
using very few words to express a great deal
What is concise?
100
undisturbing, unemotional, and uninteresting
What is bland?
100
using sarcasm and irony, often humorously, to expose human folly
What is satirical?
200
able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices
What is persuasive?
200
characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
What is journalistic?
200
effectively concise, brief
What is terse?
200
stale, worn out
What is trite?
200
expressing a vivid comparison about someone or something not meant literally; e.g., calling someone a snake
What is metaphorical?
300
sophisticated, socially polished
What is urbane?
300
involving short narratives or interesting events
What is anecdotal?
300
using more words than necessary to say what you have to say
What is wordy?
300
prudish, stuffy, and puritanical
What is Victorian?
300
formal, enduring, and standard, adhering to certain traditional methods
What is classical?
400
having to do with the human mind and human behavior
What is psychological?
400
characterized by ordinary and informal conversation
What is colloquial?
400
moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
What is discursive?
400
inclined to represent things as they really are
What is realistic?
400
intense, spontaneous, musical
What is lyrical?
500
learned, scholarly
What is erudite?
500
involving letters
What is epistolary?
500
quick-paced, but sometimes superficial
What is breezy?
500
tending to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic
What is cynical?
500
inclined to be playful, humorous, fanciful
What is whimsical?
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