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Dialect
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a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially
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Diction
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the use of words in a literary work. described as formal, informal, colloquial(the everyday usage of a group), or slang.
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Cipher
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nothing, zero, or null: a worthless person or thing: a secret code: a distinctive emblem, monogram, or colophon
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Circumspect
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cautious: wary: watchful: leery
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alacrity
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briskness or liveliness: quickness: cheerful readiness or willingness
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alliteration
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same constant sound or sound group, as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable, as in each to all
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garrulous
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excessively talkative or wordy
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allusion
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a passing or casual reference: an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implications: an allusion to Shakespeare
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reticent
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reluctant to speak: reserved
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anapestic
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a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the minor
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chicanery
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trickery or deception, usually used to gain an advantage or to evade
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misanthrope
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a person who hates humankind
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anaphora
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the repetition of a word or words on the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
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anecdote
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a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical
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credelous
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believing easily: gullible, ingenuous
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enigma
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a mystery or puzzle: a perplexing or baffling situation, occurrence or person.
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antagonist
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another: opponent: adversary
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antithesis
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a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or items, as in 'man proposes: God disposes'. Antithesis is a balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness
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ostentatious
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boastful: pretentious: showy
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turpitude
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depravity: wickedness
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apostrophe
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a figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present
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archetype
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the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based: a model or first form: prototype
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occlude
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to close, shut, or stop up
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austere
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severe or stern in manner or appearance: rigorously self- disciplined or simple in lifestyle
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assonance
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the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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asyndeton
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the omission of conjunctions, as in 'He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self respect.'
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juxtapose
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to put side by side, usually in order to compare or contrast
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zealous
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overly enthusiastic or passionate: especially in devotion or activity
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attitude
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manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc. With regard to a person or thing: tendency or orientation, esp of the mind: negative, attitude: group attitudes
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attitude
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manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc. With regard to a person or thing: tendency or orientation, esp of the mind: negative, attitude: group attitudes
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ballad
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any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having 2 or more stanzas all sung to the same melody, a simple narration poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas &adapted for singing
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anomaly
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deviation from the norm: abnormality: peculiar or unusual event or phenomenon
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banal
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commonplace: trite: hackneyed: unoriginal
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter. The meter of most Shakespeare's plays, as well as that of a Milton's paradise lost
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dubious
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questionable: of doubtful quality or propriety
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factious
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frivolously comical: funny: witty: amusing
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caesura
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a pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and often greater than the normal pause.
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caricature
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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating peculiarities or defects of persons or things
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acquise
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to comply with or assent to passively, by one's lack of objection or opposition
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appease
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to pacify or make content: to concede to a belligerent dread: a order to bring about peace
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exposition
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writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain: a detailed statement or explanation: explanatory treatise: The students prepared expositions on familiar essay topics.
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extended metaphor
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an implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem. In the Bait, John Donne compares a beautiful woman to fish bait and men to fish who want to be caught by the woman. Since he carries these comparisons all the way through the poem, these are considered 'extended metaphor'
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ephemeral
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lasting only a short time: short-lived
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epitaph
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an inscription on a monument in memory of a dead person
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dramatic monologue
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a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation
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elegy
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a sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or anther solemn theme.
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counterveil
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to use equal force against
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curmudgeon
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the continuation of the sense and grammatical constriction from one line of poetry to the next.
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epic
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noting or pertaining to a pong poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style
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demagogue
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a political agitator and charismatic orator who appeals to emotions and prejudice
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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colloquial
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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing: informal. involving or using conversation
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chiasmus
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a reversal in the order of words in the otherwise parallel phrases, as in 'he went to the country, to town went she'.
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conceit
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an ingenious and fanciful notion or conception, usually expressed through an elaborate analogy, and painting to a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things. a brief metaphor, but it also may form the framework of an entire poem
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connotation
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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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ascetic
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one who denies oneself life's materials satisfactions and normal pressures, normally as part of religious belief or discipline
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bane
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any cause of ruin or destruction, lasting long term injury or woe
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consonance
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accord or agreement: correspondence of sounds: harmony of sounds
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couplet
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a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length
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censure
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severe criticism, scolding, or fault-finding
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chagrin
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irritation worked by disappointment or humiliation
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dactylic
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a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented or of one long syllable followed by two shorts, as in flattery
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fable
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a short tale to teach a moral lesson,often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare;Aesop's fable
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start of the formal essay
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falling action
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The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been solved
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erudite
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scholarly; learned
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eschew
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to avoid or abstain from
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formal diction
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the formal, academic style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
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flashback
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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel etc, by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work
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halcyon
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calm; peaceful; serene
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harangue
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a lengthy speech, especially a vehement, bombastic or chastising one
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farce
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a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character
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foreshadow
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to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
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expedient
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suitable for a particular purpose; practicable; fitting for one's advantage or interest
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extricate
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to free or release from entanglement or engagement
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free verse
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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
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genre
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a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like
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hiatus
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a pause or break in a sequence; opening; aperture; gap; chasm
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hyperbole
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an obvious exaggeration, intentionally used for emphasis and not to be taken literally
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imagery
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the images of a literary work; the sensory details of a work
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harbinjer
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anything that foreshadows a future event; omen
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idyllic
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charmingly simple and care free
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dearth
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scarcity
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in media res
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the narration starts in the middle of things. at a critical point in the story/ action
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impertinent
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inappropriate
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indigent
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poor, destitute
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iambic
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an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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irony
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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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jargon
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the language, esp the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession,or group.
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inexorable
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relentless
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interpoler
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intruder or trespasser
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decimate
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to kill or destroy all or a large proportion
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limited POV
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the narrator tells the story in the third person, but stays inside the confines of what is perceived, thought, remembered, and felt by a felt by a single character within the story.
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lyric poem
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any short poem that presents a speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings
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dilatory
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delaying or procrastination; designed or intended to bring about delay
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mundane
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of or pertaining to the world or to earthly concerns
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nebulous
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vague and indistinct, without definite form; cloudy or hazy
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litotes
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negative connotation for simple and plain
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loose sentence
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more relaxed and conversational in its effects
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loquacious
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talkative
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magnanimous
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noble or evaluated in mind
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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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meter
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poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses
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obfuscate
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to confuse, muddle, or bewilder
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panacea
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a universal remedy for all ills, cure all
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mood
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a set of categories which the verb is inflicted in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy
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metonymy
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a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related or of which it is apart, as "scepter" for "sovereignty" or 'the bottle" for "strong drink"
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pander
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to cater to the base desires of others
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paradigm
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a model: standard; pattern; example
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motif
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a recurring subject, theme, idea,etc.,
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narrative structure
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as the structural framework that underlines the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to reader, listener, or viewer
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pariah
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a person or thing generally rejected or despised; outcast
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patronize
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to treat condescendingly; talk down to; talk down to; look down on
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octave
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an eight-line stanza (Italian sonnet)
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occasional poem
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poetry composed for a particular occasion. In the history of literature, it is often studied in connection with morality, performance, and patronage.
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phlegmatic
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indifferent, apathetic, or unemotional; sluggish
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plethora
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overabundance; excess; surplus
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odd
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a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion
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omniscient
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having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things
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irresolute
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unable to decide
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laudable
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praiseworthy; commendable
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propensity
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natural tendency, inclination, or bent
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propelytize
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to convert another to a belief system, ideology, or secg
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.
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overstatement
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to state too strongly; exaggerate
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pundit
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an expert or authority
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quintessence
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the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
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oxymoron
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a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression
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parable
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson
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recalcitrant
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unruly; resistant of authority; disobedient; rebellious
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renege
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to go back on one's promise or word or word; to deny or renounce
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Paradox |
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
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Parallel structure |
A structure is parallel when all the coordinate parts are the same grammatical form. |
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Salient |
Prominent or conspicuous; notable or significant |
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Sanction |
To authoritatively or officially approve, authorize, permit, or support |
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Parody |
A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
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Pastoral |
A poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally |
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Supercilious |
Disdainful in a haughty and arrogant |
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Superfluous |
Adding nothing necessary or important; excess; unnecessary; surplus |
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Personification |
The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp as a rhetorical figure |
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Petrarchan sonnet |
A sonnet popularized by petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd |
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Wanton |
Without regard for what is morally right; reckless; unjustifiable |
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Abhor |
To hate intensely; despise; detest |
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Plot |
The plan, the scheme or main story of a literary or dramatic work as a play, novel, or short story |
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Protagonist |
The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to comprehend or understand |
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Accolade |
An expression of approval or praise; laudatory notice or recognition, such as an award or prize |
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Quatrain |
A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes |
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Realism |
Interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc manner or treating subject matter that presents a careful description of everyday life |
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Amalgamation |
The process or result of combination or mixing two or more things |
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Ameliorate |
To make better or improve |
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Refrain |
A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, esp at the end of each stanza; chorus |
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Rising action |
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest |
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Amorphous |
Having definite form or character; shapeless or characterless |
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Anathema |
A person or thing condemned accused, damned, cursed, or generally loathed |
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Rhetorical question |
Sentence in the grammatical form of a question which is not asked in order to request information or to invite a reply, but to achieve a greater expressive force than a direct assertion |
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Rhyme |
Similarity or identity of sound between accented syllables occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse |
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Anecdote |
A brief narrative of an amusing or interesting event |
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Aspersion |
A slanderous statement |
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Rhythm |
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables. The presence of patterns lends both pleasure and heightened emotional response to the listener or reader |
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Sarcasm |
A type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it. |
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Assuage |
To pacify or soothe; to lessen another's fear, distress, or pain |
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Attenuate |
To weaken or make thin |
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Satire |
Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule |
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Auspice |
A favorable sign or omen |
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Behoove |
To be incumbent upon, suited to, or proper for |
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Bilious |
Irritable or irascible |
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Brackish |
Having a somewhat salty taste |
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