Literature

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Tone

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the emotional approach or attitude that the writer uses to color the work- bitterness sorrow anger irony

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TONE/STYLE
Candid

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honest in a way that people find refreshing or distasteful

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TONESTYLE
Cynical

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distrust or contemptuous of human nature or the motives

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STYLE/TONE
Detached

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not attached, separate, free from emotional involvement

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Laconic

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using very few words

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Melancholy

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feeling or causing sadness,

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Nostalgic

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sentimental recollection a mixed feelings of happiness, sadness and longing, arising feelings of the past

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Sanctimonious

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holier than thou, making an exaggerated show of moral superiority

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TONE/STYLE
Sardonic

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disdainfully or cynically mocking

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Sinister

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threatening or suggesting malevolence menace or harm

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TONE
Speculative trite

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given to forming conclusions or opinions that are not based on fact

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Caustic

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capable of destroying

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TONE
Colloquial

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appropriate spoken language

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Didactic

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criticsium for work that is over burden instructive

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Effusive

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overflowing and expression emotion

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Erudite

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great knowledge

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Fanciful

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unrestrained imagination

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Formal

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done or carried out in accordance with established rules

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Forthright

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straight forward

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Matter of fact

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straight forward unemotional

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Informal

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without ceremony

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Intimate

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closely personal very private

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Lyrical

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form and musical quality

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Objective

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observable based on facts, free of bias

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Pedantic

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too concerned with formal rules and details

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Poignant

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causing sadness or pity

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Ribald

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course vulgar jokes about sex

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Satiric

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mocking ridicule or scorn

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Scholarly

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showing a great deal of knowledge

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Terse

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abrupt, annoyance,

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TONE
Whimsical

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imaginative and impulsive, amusing, slightly odd

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MOOD
Arrogant

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contempt or disregard for others

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MOOD
Ambivalent

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unsure, conflicting feelings about something

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MOOD
Anxious

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feeling nervous, worried, afraid, producing anxiety

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MOOD/STYLE
Contemptuous

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expressing or feeling a strong dislike

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MOOD
Eloquent

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speaking or spoken beautifully and forcefully

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MOOD
Disdainful

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feeling or expressing intense scorn

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Fanciful

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based on imagination or dreams,
led by imagination rather than realism and practicality

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MOOD
Flippant

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a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate

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Indifferent

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showing no care or concern for someone or something

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Pretentious

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acting as though something is more important or special than is warranted

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Remorseful

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quilt, regret

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MOOD
Satirical

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using wit, sarcasm, ridicule, criticize

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MOOD
Vindictive

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vengeful, looking for revenge, spiteful, desire to hurt someone

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MOOD
Whimsical

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imaginative, impulsive, amusing, odd or playful

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allusion

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a reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds to our emphasizes, a theme of work

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anecdote

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a clever little story a short account of an interesting situation

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anti hero

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a protagonist whose attributes are opposite of what is expected of heros

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atmosphere

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the emotional quality of the setting

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eulogy

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a speech given at a funeral service in rememberance of one who died

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extended metaphor

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a detailed or complex metaphor that is evident throughout a work

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foil

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a character who possess traits
that emphasize the characteristics and qualities of another character

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imagery

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language that appeals to the senses - emotionally evocative, visual, auditory, olfactory,gustatory, kinesthetic and organic ( internal sense of being)

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invocation

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a prayer or a statement that call for help from a God or goddess

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irony

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a discrepancy between appearance and reality - verbal situational, dramatic

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motif

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a recurring element an image or an idea
in a work a detail or element that is repeated through out the work, may become symbolic
lets the reader know where the story occurs, whose reputation emphasizes some aspects of the work (theme Plot etc.)

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parody

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the author imitates the language and form of another work to ridicule the author/ work

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soliloquy

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primarily found in shakespeare's plays a --------------- is a monologue one character on stage, or in spotlight who relates his/her point

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syntax

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the order of words in a sentence
that results in various sentences types used for a variety of rhetorical effects

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verisimilitude

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the quality in literature of being true to life details,
seem realistic and believable even if the setting is supernatural

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vernacular

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the ordinary everyday speech of a region

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antecedent

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that which comes before
the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pro noun refers

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antihesis

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the oppsite of an idea used to emphasize a point; the juxaposition of contrasting words or ideas. example to err is human, to forgive, divine,

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cicumlocution

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to write around a subject, to write evaasively, to say nothing

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rhetoric

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the language to persuade
the effective use of language for a variety of purposes.

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paradox

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a statement that consists of 2 contradictory or incompatable elements
paradoxical statements are startling and get us to think.
a kind of metaphor that reveals the truth

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similie

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essentially a metaphor that uses "LIKE" or "AS"

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STYLE
scornful

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contemptuous

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STYLE
smug

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feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or one's situation;
self-righteously complacent

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adamantine

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firm in attitude or opinion

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admonish

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scold,censor

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amorphous

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without shape or form

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animal husbandry

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the practice of breeding and raising livestock

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austered

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severe or stern in disposition or appearance

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bade

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to order, to instruct

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belies

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contradicts

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bellicose

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loud, argumentive, prone to fighting

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benign

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harmless

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bosom

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the chest, typically a womens and place of warmth and love

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chaste

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pure virginal

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chasten

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to chastise, castigate correct

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couch

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to word in a certain manner

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cultivate

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to grow, to nurture

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curate

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to direct or manage a museum or an exhibit

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damask

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a fabric of linen, cotton, silk, or wool with a reversible pattern woven in to it

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degenerate

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to degrade, lessen in value, morally bankrupt person

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deity

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a god

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din

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loud raucous noise

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dumb

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mute, unable to speak