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abortive

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obsolete

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bruit

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noise, rumor

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contumelious

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abusive, humiliating

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dictum

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noteworthy statement

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ensconce

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shelter, establish

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iconoclastic

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attacks religion or beliefs

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in medias res

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into the middle of things

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internecine

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deadly, of conflict

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maladroit

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inept

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maudlin

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drunk, weakly sentimental

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modulate

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tune, temper

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portentous

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prodigious, pompous, foreboding

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prescience

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foresight, foreknowledge

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quid pro quo

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something for something

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salubrious

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healthy

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saturnalian

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excess,extravagance

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touchstone

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benchmark, standard

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traumatic

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injury, shock

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vitiate

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impair, spoil

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waggish

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humorous, sly

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Parallelism

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the grammatical unit or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity

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Parody

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a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule

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Pedantic

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describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish

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Periodic Sentence

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a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end; independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand on its own

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personification

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a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowig them with human attributes or emotions

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point of view

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the perspective from which a story is told

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predicate adjective

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one type of subject complement--an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb

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predicate nominative

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a type of subject complement--a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject; follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence

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prose

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refers to fiction or nonfiction, including all its forms

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repetition

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the duplication either exact or approximate of any element of language such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence or grammatical pattern

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rhetoric

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describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively

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rhetorical modes

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describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing, 4 major are argumentation, description, narration, exposition

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sarcasm

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involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something

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satire

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a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

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semantics

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the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another

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style

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An evaluation of the sum of the choice an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. Classifications of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors

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subject compliment

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the word or clauses that follow a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it

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subordinate clause

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contains both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone; depends on an independent clause to complete its meaning

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syllogism

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a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion

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symbol

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anything that represents itself and stands for something else

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theme

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the central idea of message of a work, the insight it offers into life

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thesis

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the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position

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tone

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similar to mood; describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience or both

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transition

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a word or phrase that links different ideas

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understatement

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the ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is

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undertone

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an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece

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wit

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intellectual amusing language that surprises and delights

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Anaphora

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One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds or more neighboring words.

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Euphemism

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A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

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Ambiguity

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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

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Aphorism

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A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle.

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.

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Allusion

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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known such as an event or book.

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Allegory

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The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.

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Anecdote

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A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.

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Antecedent

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The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

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Conceit

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A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.

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Clause

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A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

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Colloquialism

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The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing

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Analogy

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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

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Coherence

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A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible.

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Diction

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Related to style, refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

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Didactic

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Literally means "teaching."

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Atmosphere

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The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.

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Connotation

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The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.

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Denotation

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The strict, literal dictionary definition of a word devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.