Identity
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What is Repetition?


the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.


100

What is Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.


100

What is Supercilious?

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.


100

What is Obscure?

not discovered or known about; uncertain.


200

What is Intersectionality?

the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.

200

What is allusion?

a reference to a person, place, or event that the speaker or writer assumes will be understood by their audience, with the effect that it adds a layer of meaning or insight to the text.


200

What is personification 

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

200

What is a Epigram?

a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.


200

What is Strident?

loud and harsh; grating.


300

What is Cultural Identity?

an individual's sense of belonging to a particular culture or group.

300

What is imagery 

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

300

What is similie?


a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
300

What is Extemporize?

compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.


300

What is Fantastic?

extraordinarily good or attractive.


400

What is culture?

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

400

What is Diction?

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.


400

What is metaphor

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.


400

What is Reproach?

address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.


400

What is Transcendent?

beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience.


600

What is Autoethnography 

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a research method that uses personal experience (“auto”) to describe and interpret (“graphy”) cultural texts, experiences, beliefs, and practices (“ethno”).

600

What is Tone?

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.


600

What is symbol

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a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.


600

What is Privy?

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sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private).


600

What is Grotesque?

Give example

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.