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31 Cards in this Set
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proposition (n)
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a suggested deal or plan
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vindicate (v)
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be cleared of all blame or suspicion
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undistinguised (adj)
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having no special qualities
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assimilate (v)
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to absorb and take in
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exasperate (v)
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to annoy or irritate
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formidable (adj)
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admirable or worthy
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profusion (n)
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a large amount
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whim (n)
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a sudden urge of desire
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restitution (n)
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a compensation of wrong doing
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adversery (n)
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enemy
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guile (adj)
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having craftiness or slyness
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denounce (v)
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to condemn or criticize
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fathom (v)
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to understand fully
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badger (v)
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tease or annoy
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countenance (n)
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a person's face/especially facial expression
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docile (adj)
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easily controlled or taught
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beguiling (adj)
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charmingly
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epic
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long narrative poem (example: the odyssey)
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epic hero
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hero that embodies characteristics a culture values (example: odysseus)
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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similie
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
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word choice
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•Diction, in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression
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alliteration
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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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repetition
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repeating a word or phrase
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imagery
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used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience
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assonance
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the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
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consonance
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the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
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stanza
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a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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caesura
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a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
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figurative language
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writing or speaking that purposefully departs from the literal meanings of words to achieve a particularly vivid, expressive, and/or imaginative image
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hyperbole
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extravagant exaggeration
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