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Useful Words/Phrases in LA Flashcards

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Propitiate

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To win the favour of

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Meretricious

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Apparantly attractive but having no real value

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3
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Oblique

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Not expressed or done in a direct way

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Dilate

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Make or become wider

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5
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Candour

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The quality of being open and honest

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Mitigate

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To lessen in force or intensity

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Mordant

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(Especially of humour) having or show a sharp or critical quality

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Jingoistic

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Extreme patriotism

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Allay

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Diminish or put at rest

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Phrase for: “…side with the reader”

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…manoeuvred into alliance

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Phrase for: “Tries to trick the reader”

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The writer attempts to beguile the audience to believe…

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Phrase for: “Appears credible”

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Creates a mood of credence.

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Phrase for: “The urgent tone makes us feel anxious”

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… is used to arouse anxiety.

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Phrase for: “The data and statistics make us trust the reader”

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Appeals to our general sense of what is true, thus appearing authoritative and well-informed

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Phrase for: “Makes the reader feel [in some way] before going in”

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This predisposes the reader to feel…

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Phrase for: “emphasizes”

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… designed to accentuate

17
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Phrase for: “Makes him/her seem more credible”

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…reaffirms the veracity of his claims.

18
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Phrase for: “Much softer in tone”

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Comparatively muted

19
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Phrases for: “With [Quote], we see the tempo hasten”

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…marks the transition into…

20
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Phrases for: “Blatantly obvious”

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Conspicuously clear

21
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Phrases for: “The inclusive language makes us feel like we have to do something”

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…as we are enlivened by the inclusive language…

22
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Phrases for: “… is the framework for the article”

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Loaded language such as…is to become the pulse of the article.

23
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Phrases for: “We are directed to”

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Our attention is guided towards…

24
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Phrases for: “The words are striking”

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The author’s assertion is incisive…

25
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Phrases for: “Lots of detail”

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the density of detail

26
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Phrases for: “Makes us feel pity”

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a spasm of pity

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Phrases for: “Put a picture in the reader’s mind”

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to saturate the reader’s imagination with…

28
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Phrases for: “These techniques combine to persuade us”

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…combine to create the persuasive impetus…

29
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Phrases for: “The image also shows us…”

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The article is accompanied by an image which also permits us to see the writer’s position

30
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Phrases for: “The image lets us see…”

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It is a visual that takes us into the argument, offering the comfort of seeing what is meant

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