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I am really smart
100
A speech about moral behavior
What is a sermon
100
erase
What is efface
100
seeming contradiction that expresses an underlying truth
What is paradox
100
not favoring one thing over another
What is impartial
100
scold; express disapproval
What is reproach
200
Contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement.
What is antithesis
200
incapable of being captured
What is impregnable
200
easily managed or handled
What is docile
200
figure of speech that uses exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis
What is hyperbole
200
brought suffering upon
What is afflicted
300
firmly; determinedly
What is resolutely
300
tearing down completely
What is razing
300
language that appeals to the senses- sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste
What is imagery
300
act of clearing a person of charges of wrongdoing
What is acquittal
300
deceived
What is beguiled
400
wicked; unfaithful
What is perfidious
400
begged earnestly for
What is implored
400
feeling or atmosphere the writer creates with words and images
What is mood
400
abandoned
What is destitute
400
seeming to threaten evil or misfortune; sinister
What is ominous
500
turned upside down
What is inverted
500
short saying that expresses a common truth or experience
What is proverb
500
remove; drive away
What is dispel
500
causing fear
What is formidable
500
great flood
What is deluge