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employ
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verb (used with object)
1.to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people. 2.to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself by reading after work. 3.to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: to employ a hammer to drive a nail. 4.to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ my spare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing. |
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foreign phrases
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later
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genre
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a class or kind of literature: fiction, biography, fantasy, etc.
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration: I caught a fish that was a yard long!
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imagery
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Language that appeals to the senses of hearing, sight, smell, taste, or touch. ex: The wind brushed over my cheeks like the touch of a butterfly's wings.
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inference
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figuring out the unstated meaning of an author's words; an educated guess
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mnemonic devices
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ways to enhance one's memory, such as: ROYGBIV for remembering the colors of the rainbow
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writing modes
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types of writing, such as: expository, descriptive, narrative
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multiple meanings
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words that can have more than one meaning, such as: match - two persons who marry; a competition between two persons or teams; an item used to ignite a fire
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personification
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a special metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is given human qualities; such as: a spider who can speak and write on a web as in the novel Charlotte's Web
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