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Acussatory

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chargung of wrongdoing

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Apathetic

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indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

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Awe

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solemn wonder

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Bitter

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Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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Cynical

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questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people

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Condescension

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condescending-a feeling of supiority

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Callous

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Unfeeling, insensitive to the feelings of others

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Contemplative

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Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

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Critical

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finding fault

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Choleric

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Hot tempered, easily angered

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Contemptuous

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Showing or feeling that something is worthless and lacks respect

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Caustic

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Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

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Conventional

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Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

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Disdainful

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Scornful

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Didastic

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Author attempts to eductae or instruct the reader

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Derisive

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Ridiculing, mocking

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Earnest

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Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Erudite

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Learned, polished, scholarly

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Fanciful

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Using the imagination

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Forthright

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Directly frank without hesitation

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Gloomy

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Darkness, sadness, rejection

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Haughty

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Proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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Indignant

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Marked by anger or aroused by justice

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Intimate

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Very familiar

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Judgemental
authoritative and often having critical opinions
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Jovial
happy
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Lyrical
expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
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Matter-of-fact
accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
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Mocking
Treating with contempt or ridicule
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Morose
Gloomy, sullen, surly, independent, despondent
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Malicious
Purposely hurtful
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Objective
An unbiased view-able to leave personal judgements aside
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Optimistic
Hopeful, cheerful
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Obsequious
polite and obedient in order to gain something
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Patronizing
air of condenscenion
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Pessimistic
Seeing the worst side of things; no hope
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Quizzical
Odd, eccentric, amusing
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Ribald
Offensive in speech or gesture
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Reverent
Treating a subject with honor and respect
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Ridiculing
slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of
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Reflective
Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions
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Sarcastic
Sneering, caustic
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Sardonic
Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
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Satiric
Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
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Sincere
Without deceit or pretense; genuine
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Solemn
Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection
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Sanguineous
Optimistic, cheerful
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Whimsical
Odd, strange, fantastic, fun
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Paradox
A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposing to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some truth and validity
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Anadisplosis
The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence
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Anaphora
The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition
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Epistrophe
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
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Litote
A figure of speech that creates an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions.
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Asyndeton
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
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Zeugma
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
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Antimetabole
A literary and rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order
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Apposition
The act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
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Hypophora
A figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question
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Synechdoche
A figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa
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Polysyndeton
Polysyndeton is a literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed

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