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Hot Words OLD Lesson 2
words for lesson 2
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English
11th Grade
11/01/2009

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Lesson 2
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Words Relating To Speaking
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Bombastic
Definition
using language in a showy way; speaking to impress others. think of bombs as exploding cool colors and astic being fantastic.
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Circumlocution
Definition
speaking in circles. think locomotion.
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Colloquial
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pertaining to common every day speech; conversational. think of quite the qui is in the word.
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Diffuse
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spread out, NOT concise; wordy. think of science. opposite of concise. C after D.
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Digress
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to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about. think NOT progress
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Eloquence
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artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact peoples feelings. think of obama's speeches.
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Garrulous
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talkative; loquacious. think you cant gargle if your talking too much. think garrulous gorrilas because gorillas are loud.
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Grandiloquent
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using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others. think of grandiLOQUENT has part of eloquent in the word.
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Loquacious
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very talkative, liking to talk. same as garrulous.
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Prattle
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to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner. think of a baby rattle- how annoying it gets.
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Rant
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to talk very loudly; even widly. you know this word already.
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Rhetorical
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relating to the speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression. metaphors are rhetorical.
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Verbose
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using too many words. think of verbs they show action- they make you use too many words.
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Voluble
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talking a great deal with ease. think of volume in the meaning of quantity not sound.
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