Honors English '05 Vocabulary

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Aesteticism

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reverence for beauty; movement that held beatiful form is to be valued more han instructive content.

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Ambiguity

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A word, phrase, or attitude that has double or even multiple meanings, resulting in multiple interpretations.

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Attitude

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the author's viewpoint reguarding his subject matter. Attitude can usually be edtected in author's tone

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Baroque

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a grand and exuberantly ornamental style

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Classicism

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an adherence to the principals of Greek and Roman literature.

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Colloquialisms

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words or phares that are used in everyday conversation or informal writing which are usally considered inappropriate for a formal writing essay.

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Atmosphere

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the pervasive *mood* or *tone* of a literary work - gloom, foreboding, joyful expression, ect.

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Novel

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a lengthy fictional narrative in prose dealing with characters, incidents, and settings that imitate those found in real life.

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Novelette

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built on one incident; shorter than a novel, but has more development of character and theme that a short story.

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Novel of Manners

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a novel, usually comical and satirical, whose characters and plot emerge from and are limited by the social customs, values, habits and mores of a particular social class in a particualr region.

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Paean

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a song of triumph or thanksgiving.

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Parable

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a brief tale intended to be understood as an allegory illustrating some lesson or moral.

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Parody

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a composition that ridicules another composition by imitating and exaggerating aspects of its content.

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Pedantic

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writing that boarders on lecturing. Scholarly, academic, and often overly difficult and distant.

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Picaresque novel

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a novel whose principal character is a low-born rogue who lives by his/her wits and who becomes involed in one predicament after another.

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Play

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a literary work written in dialogue and intended for performance before an audience by actors on stage.

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Poetry

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literature in its most intense, most imaginative form, and most rhythmic form.

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Prose

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in the broadest sense, all forms of ordinary