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Week 1: Ryley's Words - Coggle Diagram
Week 1: Ryley's Words
Dichotomy
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Definition: Division of two parts, kings, etc.: subdivision into halves or parts
Juxtaposition
Definition: An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Example Sentence: The writer pointed out her arrogance through juxtaposition with a modest character.
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Balderdash
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Example Sentence: Her explanations were useless; she might as well have been speaking in balderdash.
Definition: Senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense
Erlking
Definition: A spirit of personified natural power that works mischief, especially to children
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Example Sentence: As a kid, I use to blame all my accidents on the erlking and swore he was sabotaging me.
Savant
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Example Sentence: Although I knew they were more learned than me, I couldn't help comparing myself to the skills of savants.
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Ichnite
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Example Sentence: I always wondered if any of the footsteps I left in the mud would ever turn into an ichnite.
Eggcorn
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Example Sentence: Although I thought I have come up with a complex and well-put sentence, it turned out that it was made up of eggcorns based on my lacking vocabulary.
Definition: A word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way fro another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression.
Pinyin
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Example sentence: Some people's skills amaze me; I can barely remember Chinese words much less use Pinyin!
Awning
Definition: A rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a desk, etc.
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Though it was raining, the awning outside my window kept water from getting all over me.
Quoth
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Example Sentence: When talking about her perspective on death, Frida Kahlo famously quoth, “Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence."
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