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agnostic
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(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(adj) without faith; skeptical |
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amenities
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(n) that which is pleasant or agreeable
(pl) attractive features, costumes, etc |
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take without right
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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bestial
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(adj) beast like; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
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brackish
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(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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cognizant
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(adj) aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
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ebullient
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(adj) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
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fatuous
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(adj) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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feckless
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(adj) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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fecund
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(adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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garish
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(adj) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
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mendacious
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(adj) given to lying or deception; untrue
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moot
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(adj) open to discussion and debate; unresolved
(v) to bring up for discussion (n) a hypothetical law case argued to students |
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moratorium
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(n) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
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nadir
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(n) the lowest point
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progeny
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(n) descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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recumbent
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(adj) in a reclining position, lying down in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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saturnine
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(adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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allegory
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A story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning
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apostrophe
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When an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed
Ex: With how sad steps, O moon, though climbest the skies. Busy old fool, unruly sun |
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blank verse
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A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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caesura
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A natural pause or break
Ex: England - how I long for thee! |
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conceit
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A far-fetched simile or metaphor, a literary conceit occurs when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things
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consonance
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The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels
Ex: Lady lounges lazily Dark deep dread |
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denotation
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The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning
Ex: Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest (sleep) |
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dissonance
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A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds
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dramatic irony
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An incongruity of discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true (or between what a character perceives and what the author intends the reader to perceive)
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elegy
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A lyric poem lamenting death
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enjambment
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When the units of sense in a passage of poetry don't coincide with the verses, and the sense runs of from one verse to another; the lines are said to be enjambed
No punctuation |
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foil
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A character that contrasts second character that highlights certain qualities of that first character
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hyperbole
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An exaggeration or overstatement
Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse |
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in medias res
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Usually describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle -- usually at some crucial point in the action.
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litotes
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A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement
Ex: Not bad (a form of high praise) |
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ottava rima
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An eight line verse stanza rhyming abababcc. Usually in iambic pentameter
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paradox
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Reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory. Two opposing ideas
Ex: Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage |
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quatrain
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1. A four-line stanza
2. A four-line division of a sonnet marked off by its rhyme scheme |
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situational irony
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verbal irony
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A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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Lord of the Flies: symbolism of the conch
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Civilization and order
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Lord of the Flies: Golding's view of human nature as illustrated by the evens in the book
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By nature humans are savage
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Lord of the Flies: parallel between the weather and Simon's death
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Stormy and dark; foreshadowing
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Lord of the Flies: the two who emerge as the worst
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Jack and Roger
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Lord of the Flies: principal theme
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Human nature vs social impact
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A Modest Proposal: definition of satire
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Work intended to ridicule, vice, or folly
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A Modest Proposal: principal targets of Swift's criticism
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Modem economics and ways of thinking about people at the expense of real values
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A Modest Proposal: some of the benefits Swift outlines if his solution is put into effect
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Reduces population, economically lightens load of the poor, more food
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Gulliver's Travels: the targets of satire
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Structure of society, obsession with science, positions of power, bestiality of humans
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Paradise Lost: why does the beginning focus more on Satan
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He is the "protagonist"
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Paradise Lost: atmosphere of Hell as Milton describes it
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Barren, big, burning (yet dark) no happiness or hope
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Paradise Lost: description of Satan
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Huge and ugly
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Paradise Lost: theme
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Importance of obedience to God
Hierarchical nature of the universe Fall of fortune |
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Brave New World: things children are conditioned to dislike and why
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Books and flowers: knowledge and nature
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Brave New World: term for "birth"
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Decanted
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Brave New World: hypnopaedia lessons given to the boys early in the book
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Everyone belongs to everyone else
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Brave New World: Lenina's reaction to the Savage ritual
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Appalled and disgusted
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Brave New World: purpose of the ritual
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Entry into manhood
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Brave New World: cause of Bernard's loss of popularity
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Didn't follow through with his promise
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Brave New World: basis of the first criticism again Helmholtz
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Went against the state
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Brave New World: Mustapha Mond's dirty little secret that almost got him exiled
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Was doing science experiments
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Brave New World: VPS and its purpose
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Rush of adrenaline
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Brave New World: Mond tells John civilizations must choose between God and....
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Stability
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Hamlet: Which characters does Hamlet kill?
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Polonius
Laertes Rosencrantz Guildenstern Claudius |
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Hamlet: Turning point/climax?
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When Claudius storms out of the play, freaked out
And when Hamlet can't kill Claudius while he's praying |
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Hamlet: What do we learn about Claudius while he's praying?
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He is regretful that he has killed his brother, and wants forgiveness for his sins
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Hamlet: Why does Hamlet admire Fortinbras?
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Fortinbras is a man of action
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Hamlet: What decision does Claudius make after Hamlet kills Polonius?
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He hurries sending Hamlet away to England with Rosencratz and Gildenstern. They are carrying a letter ordering Hamlet's death
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Hamlet: Hamlet's tragic flaw
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Too slow to act
Can't decide what to do |
