English I-M

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Italian sonnet

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Little song or lyric;14 lines in iambic pentameter; each line has 10 syllables;

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Muses

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9 Greek goddesses who rule the arts

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Jargon

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Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand

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Metonymy

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Figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

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Lampoon

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When a writer or an artist makes fun of someone or something by imitating the thing in a funny way

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Motif

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An image sound action or other figure that has a symbolic meaning towards the theme

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Muckraker

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someone who searches fir ad exposes real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics

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Melodrama

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A play, film, etc., characterized by extravagant action and emotion

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Invective

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Abusive or negative language which serves as an attack against a person, institution, or idea

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Marxist Criticism

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Analyzes the economic and social differences of class in a capitalist system, power struggle

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Metaphysical poetry

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Intellectual poetry characterized by its complexity and harshness, along with its use of paradox

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Limerick

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Humorous poem consisting of five lines. First, second, and fifth lines must have 10 syllables while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm

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Memoir

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Written factual account of somebody's life

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Idiom

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Combination of words that has a figurative meaning which is it's common usage. Figurative meaning separated from literal

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"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone."

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Samuel Johnson

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"I love you the more that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else"

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John Keats

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"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."

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D. H. Lawrence

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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with s gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin bit you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. "

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Harper Lee

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"Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, especially if those goods are worthless."

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Sinclair Lewis

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"Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. "

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Henry Woodsworth

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"Men judge generally more by the eye than the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are. "

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."

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Katherine Mansfield

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"My candle burns at both ends

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -

It gives a lovely light"

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Edna St. Vincent Millay