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Exigence
A case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy. In the rhetoric, the exigence refers to the impetus or problem that prompts a speaker to respond with creation of text.
Example: A low score may cause the student to email the teacher.
Message
The substance of the writer’s or speaker’s main points. The message can be explicitly stated or implied.
Example: The message of the memory The Glass Castle is lost in faith and finding independence.
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things.
Example: Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
*Antithesis can also be a specific syntactical device*
Ubiquitous
Existing or being everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered widespread
Example: “The automobile - once a luxury - is now a ubiquitous part of American society.” / “ The moth is ubiquitously disturbed throughout much of North American.”
Somber
Serious; grave; conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas
Disparage
To belittle the importance or value of someone or something
Ominous
Foreshadowing evil
Sadistic
Taking pleasure in the infliction of pain or punishment of others
Exemplify
To serve as an example; to embody
Thesis
The main claim in a text
Foreboding
Foreshadowing misfortune
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