Ap Lit. H

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Attitude

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manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.

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Cadence

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rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.

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Canonized

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Ecclesiastical . to place in the canon of saints.
2.
to glorify.
3.
to make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially of scriptural works: They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy.
4.
to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.
5.
to sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically.

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canto

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one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.

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Caricature

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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.

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Classicism

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the principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.

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Context

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the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect: You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context.

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Colloquial

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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

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Formal

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being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
2.
marked by form or ceremony: a formal occasion.

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Informal

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without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
2.
not according to the prescribed, official, or customary way or manner; irregular; unofficial: informal proceedings.

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Slang

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very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road

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Digression

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a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.

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Double Rhyme

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a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme)

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Dramatic Irony

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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

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Didactic

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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
2.
inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
3.
teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.

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Climax

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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president.