1) Grind, drop in, crossed up, dunked on.
Elevated Or Formal Diction
1) Undeterred by any though of rejection or ridicule.
Undeterred: Unable to be discouraged or restrained from acting
Rejection: The act or process of rejection
Ridicule: Speech or action intended to cause laughter
Others discouragement could not stop him.
2) An elevated tone makes the person seem stronger and larger than life while after paraphrasing the passage the person seems to be cut down to size.
Abstract & Concrete Diction
1) Happiness, time, freedom, fighting
2) Conrad may have left the captain, ship, and crew nameless because they either may not have carried much relevance or because he wanted these characters to be flat and static.
Denotation & Connotation
1) The denotative meaning of the title The Secret Sharer means someone who is giving something to another without anyone knowing
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Word
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Denotation
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Connotation
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Cadaverous
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Haggard and thin
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Like a corpse
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Darkling
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In the dark
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Threatening or menacing
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Pale
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Whitish complexion
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Lacking color
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Phosphorescence
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Having a luminous appearance
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Enduring under great trails
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Ghastly
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Shockingly frightful
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Horribly done
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Headless
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Without a head
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Stupid
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Fishlike
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Of or like a fish
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Adapted to the water
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