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pernicious
intending to cause harm
ubiquitos
appearing everywhere
foil
a character that serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character
diatribe
a forceful and bitter verbal attack
slipshod
showing a lack of care or thought
nefarious
wicked or criminal
figure of speech
a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another not meant to be taken literally
figurative language
not literal
satire
a work that ridicules the shortcomings of specific people or institutions as an attempt to bring about change
parody
a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the original pieces style
soliloquy
a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage
aside
a comment made by a character directly to the audience
implacable
unable to be soothed
affinity
a natural skill
denotation
the exact dictionary definition(literal meaning of a word)
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its actual definition
harangue
lecture at length in an aggressive way
talisman
an object with magical powers to bring good luck
antecedent
the noun which a pronoun stands for in a sentence
direct object
a noun or pronoun that answers whom or what after an action verb
predicate nominative
a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renamed identified or explains the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
phrase
a group of words that functions in a sentence as one part of speech
appositive
a noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it
participle
a verb form that can act as an adjective
gerund
a form of verb that acts as a noun
infinitive
a form of verb that generally appears with the word to and acts as a noun adjective or adverb
clause
a group of words with its own subject and verb
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