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innocuous : not harmful or offensive.

tenure give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or professor.

whorl a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

impale pierce or transfix with a sharp instrument.

filch pilfer or steal (something, especially a thing of small value) in a casual way.

frivolous not having any serious purpose or value.

dawdle waste time; be slow.

wistful showing or evoking a sad longing for an often idealized past

obstinate stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

demure reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman).

plaintive showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad. a plaintive sigh

solicitous showing attentive care or protectiveness

insolent showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

kowtow act in an excessively subservient manner.

umbrage offense or annoyance.

coterie an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

talisman an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.

lithe (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

unabashed not ashamed, embarrassed, or shy about something

peremptory (especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

ethos the power and credibility of the speaker

pathos the power of the audience’s emotions and values

logos the power of logic and reason

exemplification provides specific examples to support the assertion (high fat foods: fries, twinkies, burgers…)

enumeration organizes by listing categories or details (there are thee basic principles …, list all of an author’s works one by one)

analogy making direct comparison between the subject and simlar circumstances

asyndeton lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words (I came, I saw, I conquered)

cause to effect presents the source that led to the problem

effect to cause presents the problem and then what caused it

process organized in step by step order (this, then this, then this)

repetition the conscious and purposeful replication of words or phrases in order to make a point

anaphora the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. (Please come back, please let me start over, please stay)

epistrophe the last word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil)

polysyndeton the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses (we have this and this and this and this)

anadiplosis figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or terms in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of the next sentence clause or phrase (the general who became a slave, the slave who became a gladiator, the gladiator who defied an emperor)

parallelism to give two or more parts of the sentences a similar grammatical form so as to give the whole a definite pattern

paradox an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it (the next time i have a daughter, i hope its a boy)

euphemism substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant.

antimetabole figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated exactly or closely, in rever grammatical order in the next phrase or clause (a-b, b-a)

expletive figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side (i would like, if i may, to take u on a strange jounrey)

epizeuxis figure of emphasis in hwich the same words is repeated two or more times in immediate succession(repetition of the same word, word, word)