WORDS
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DEFINITION
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EXAMPLE
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Fidget
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To make a lot of small movements because you are nervous,
bored, etc. : to move or act in a nervous or restless way.
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He was constantly fidgeting in his chair.
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Rhetorical
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i)
A rhetorical question is one which is asked in
order to make a statement rather than to get
an answer.
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i)
‘Do these kids know how lucky they are?’
Jackson asked rhetorically.
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ii)
Rhetorical language is intended to be grand
and impressive.
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iii)
These arguments may have been used as a
rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nation rules.
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Perpetuation
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A perpetuation feeling, state or quality is one that never
ends and changes. ; a perpetual act, situation, or state is one that happens again and again as
so seems never to end.
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I thought her
perpetual complaints were going to
prove too much for me.
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Engender
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To be the source or cause of(something).
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The issue has engendered a considerable amount of debate.
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Preponderance
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A greater amount or number of something.
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A preponderance of evidences points to the guilt of the dependant.
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Saturday, 21 May 2016
vocab - (21 may 2016)
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