AP Lang

Aloof

Not friendly or forthcoming (uninterested)

Adroit

Clever or skillful in using the hands and mind

Pretentious

Attempting to showoff

Dissuade

Persuade someone not to do something (deconvincing)

Idiosyncrasy

A behavior that is considered strange by someone else

Benevolent

Well-meaning or kindly

Voracious

Having an eager approach to an activity

Rhetoric

Addresses the relationship among audience, purpose, and speaker/writer (everything is an argument)

Rhetorical triangle

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Understatement

Downplaying something

Who is the father of rhetoric?

Aristotle

Antithesis

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else (contrast/opposition)

Anecdote

Short story