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high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentationsynonyms: gezwollenheid, hoogdravendheid, lyrisme, pathos, redekunde, redekunst, redeneerkunde, retorica, retoriektypes:fanfarea display of ornamental speech or languagefustein, gezwollenheid, hoogdravendheid, lyrisme, pathos, retoriekpompous or pretentious talk or writingtype of:performance, praat, schrijfstijl, schrijftrant, schrijfwijze, spraak, stijl, taalgebruik, verhaaltrant, verteltrant, vormgevinga way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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pompous or pretentious talk or writingsynonyms: fustein, gezwollenheid, hoogdravendheid, lyrisme, pathos, retoriektype of:gezwollenheid, hoogdravendheid, lyrisme, pathos, redekunde, redekunst, redeneerkunde, retorica, retoriekhigh-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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In this powerful speech delivered on July 5, 1852, abolitionist Frederick Douglass argued that the practice of slavery was antithetical to the American values of liberty and freedom.
As you read Richard Rodriguez's "'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 1: Of Plymouth Plantation, Coming of Age in the Dawnland, The Tempest, Balboa, 'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans
The Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 25-28, 2016. The vocabulary ranged from lofty descriptions of hope for the future and prayers for togetherness in confronting the Republican opponent with polite name calling, less-than-polite name calling, and plain name calling. A highlight was The Vice President of the United States using the word "malarkey" with a vitality not seen since people actually said "malarkey." Here are twenty words heard at the Democratic National Convention.