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1
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literary

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appropriate to literature, rather than everyday speech

2
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despairing

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marked by loss of hope

3
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contempt

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willful disobedience to or respect towards authority

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bewilderment

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confusion resulting in failure to understand

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narration

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the second section of oration in which the facts are set forth

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description

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sort or variety, a statement that represents something

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definition

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a concise explanation of a word or phrase

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classification

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a group of things arranged by class or category

9
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process analysis

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a description of a specific event or process that is being described in depth

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mode of composition

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how something is arranged or composed, what parts it is made up of

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exalted

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high moral or intellectual value

12
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interrogative

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relating to or resembling an interrogations, questions being asked

13
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imperative

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of severe importance