Unit 2: Lesson 7

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 2, Lesson 7.
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  1. letter
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  2. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  3. voice
    expressing in coherent verbal form
  4. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  5. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  6. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  7. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  8. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  9. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  10. message
    what a communication that is about something is about
  11. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  12. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  13. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  14. deprive
    keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
  15. tyrannical
    marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
  16. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  17. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  18. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  19. watershed
    an event marking an important historical change of course
  20. internalize
    incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
  21. parity
    functional equality
Created on Tue Sep 01 10:44:50 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Sep 10 11:22:41 EDT 2020)

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