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syncope
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ictus, breve, rhythm and meter
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Mood
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Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.
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misogany
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hatred of women
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macrocosmic
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relating to the entire world or the universe
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dystopia
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imaginary place where living conditions are terrible
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personification
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giving a nonhuman object human characteristics
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misology
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hatred of argument reason or discussion
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ejection
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to drive out especially by physical force
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metaphor
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a comparison not expressed but is created when a figurative term is substituted for or identified with the literal term
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dysfunction
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abnormal functioning; not working well
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dramatic situation
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the situation of the protagonist
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Characterization
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A description of qualities or peculiarities; Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches.
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conflict
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problem tht protagonist must overcome in the the novel
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euphonious
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good sound; harmonious
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protagonist
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main character who must overcome the conflict in the book
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antagonist
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person, place, idea or thing that presents conflict to protagonist
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eulogize
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to praise highly in speech or writing
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feminine rhyme
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A rhyme in which the final syllable is unstressed, as in feather/heather.
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auditor
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one who hears, person who poem is written to
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euphemism
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The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
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apostrophe
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The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition
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eclectic
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composed of elements from various sources
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omniscient
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all-knowing
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masculine rhyme
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A rhyme made on a single stressed syllable, as in sky/fly.
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agoraphobia
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fear of being helpless and being in open spaces
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idiom
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Regional speech or dialect.
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assonance
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The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants,
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setting
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place, time; scenery
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neologism
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A new word, expression, or usage.
The creation or use of new words or senses. |
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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microcosm
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relating to a little/small world
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terza rima sonnet
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A verse form of Italian origin consisting of tercets of 10 or 11 syllables with the middle line rhyming with the first and third lines of the following tercet.
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purpose
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what the protagonist wishes to accomplish, why the book is written about him/her
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connotation
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the emotional meaning of a word
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raison d'etre
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reason for being
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theme
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the running purpose throughout the piece of writing
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denotation
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dictionary definition of a word
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archaism
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An archaic (ancient, old) word, phrase, idiom, or other expression
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omnipresent
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all-present; present everywhere
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rueful
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Inspiring pity or compassion.
Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret |
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declasse
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fallen or lowered in class, rank, or social position;
of inferior status |
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audience
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who the author wrote the piece of writing for; who it is meant for
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epistrophe
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repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
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anaphora
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The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs
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privation
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an act or instance of depriving; the state of being deprived esp.what is needed for existence
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martyr
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someone who dies for a cause (belief, idea, religion) ie Mohammad Atta
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diction
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Choice and use of words in speech or writing
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Ways to describe tone
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informative, ecstatic, incredulous, disparing, resigned, etc.
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misanthrope
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hater of people
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placid
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calm
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anthropomorphosis
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Transformation into the form of a human being
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epic
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An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
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dual consciousness
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a character who is a child but has the thought processes of an adult; speaker is writing about his/her past
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languid
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sluggish, weak, slow
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incessant
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not stopping
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imperceptibly
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not noticed by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
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transcend
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to go beyond
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consonance
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repetition of similar consonant sounds
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tone
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The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning.
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shakespearean sonnet
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The sonnet form used by Shakespeare, composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
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protuding
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To push or thrust outward.
To stick out |
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hydrophobia
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fear of water
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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verisimilitude
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the quality of appearing to be true or real
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simile
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coparing two objects that are essentially unlike with the use of "as" or "like"
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tenuous
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thin, flimsy, or weak
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zealot
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extremist
fanatic |
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refrain
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to hold back
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precarious
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Dangerously lacking in security or stability
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xenophobia
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fear of strangers and foreigners
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allegory
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a narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface of one
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stanza
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a paragraph of verse
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monophobia
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fear of being alone
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alliteration
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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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oral tradition
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The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often by a storyteller in narrative form.
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ignoring the question
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turning to another topic
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petrarchan sonnet
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A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba and a sestet of various rhyme patterns such as cdecde or cdcdcd. Also called Italian sonnet.
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vignette
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A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page;A short, usually descriptive literary sketch.
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begging the question
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not dispensing (getting rid of) with opposition
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Oversimplification
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Make it too basic
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hasty generalization
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getting too broad--scope
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persona
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speaker
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esperanza
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main character of House on Mango Street; means "Hope"
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panophobia
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fear of everything
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ad hominem
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to he man/attacking the topic
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Post-Hoc/ergo propter hoc
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after this, therefore because of this; confuse chronology with causation
"I gave her flowers, she dumped me." "She dumped me because I gave her flowers"-jumped to conclusion that isn't true from what happened- Cause & Effect |
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either-or
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kind of oversimplifying; act like two options when there are many more
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assimilate
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to integrate wth society- adapting/melting into a different culture
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non-sequitor
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does not follow/not pertaining to the topic
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philology
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love of learning
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Bibliophile
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lover of books
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extended metaphor
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a comparison between two things extended throughout a piece of writing
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philanthropist
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lover/liker of people
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philatelist
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likes to collect stamps
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