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| writing that falsely endows nonhuman things with human intentions and feelings, such as "angry clouds" and "sad trees." |
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| An error in judging the merits or faults of a work of literature. The "error" results from stressing the importance of the work's effect upon the reader — that is, how it makes a reader "feel" emotionally, what it does as a literary work — instead of stressing its inner qualities as a created object, or what it "is." |
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| words you use to replace boring verbs that are often overused in lit essays....? |
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| to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan. |
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Also called epanaphora Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. |
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opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. |
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the direct opposite (usually fol. by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. |
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Rhetoric.
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the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.” |
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| A concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion, such as “Children should be seen and not heard,” or “People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.” |
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| the author's purpose for writing |
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desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness: to be filled with benevolence toward one's fellow creatures.
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an act of kindness; a charitable gift. |
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| a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist. |
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a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
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any occult or secret doctrine or science. |
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the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. |
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an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation |
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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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The fiction focused on the darkness of the human soul and accepted that there was sin and evil in the world. Dark romanticism conveyed many of the mechanics of the romantic authors in terms of writing style.
Authors considered most representative of dark romanticism are Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, poet Emily Dickinson and Italian poet Ugo Foscolo. |
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a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance. |
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any large, complex system or organization. |
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| capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough. |
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speaker or writer:
offering evidence that he or she is credible and that he or she knows important and relevant information about the topic at hand and is good, believable person who has the readers' best interest in mind |
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| an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations. |
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| to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate one's crimes. |
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| the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest: In spite of my expostulations, he insisted on driving me home. |
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| a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. |
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| Earnest Hemingway's definition of "guts" |
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obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
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an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” |
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If a writer of a prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of the iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. The writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing
less is more!!! |
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disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. |
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shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this. |
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a poetic device
a situation turns out differently than expected. For instance, a deep sea diver drowns in her bathtub |
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. |
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| a figure of speech in which parallelism is reinforced by members that are of the same length. A well-known example of this is Julius Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquered), which also illustrates that a common form of isocolon is tricolon, or the use of three parallel members. |
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subject:
offering clear, reasonable central idea (or set of ideals) and developing it with appropriate reasoning, examples, or details |
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| a rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables which are organized into patterns, called feet. In English poetry, |
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| characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. Minimalist authors eschew adverbs and prefer allowing context to dictate meaning. Readers are expected to take an active role in the creation of a story, to "choose sides" based on oblique hints and innuendo, rather than reacting to directions from the author. The characters in minimalist stories and novels tend to be unexceptional |
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| hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind. |
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| a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work. |
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of no real value; trifling; worthless. |
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of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. |
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds. |
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having the significance of an omen. |
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opposite of active
where the verb is being performed on the subject instead of the subject performing the verb |
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drawing on the emotions and interests of the audience so that they will be sympathetically inclined to accept and buy into his or her central ideas and arguments |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. |
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the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy. |
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Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of the face. |
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the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character: the physiognomy of a nation. |
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| something that moves the plot along in a story |
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out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers. |
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outside of nature; supernatural. |
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to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. |
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to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. |
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to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. |
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to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. |
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to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc. |
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| examine how authors attempt to persuade their audiences by looking at the various components that make up the art of persuasion. |
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- humans are special
- hopefulness in puritanism without the fear from God
- nature: source of instruction --> celebrating life
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words with similar but not identical sounds, e.g., notion-nation, bear-bore, ear-are.
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the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. |
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the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. |
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the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. |
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| something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. |
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A diagram showing the relations between the writer or speaker, the reader or listener and the text or speech in a rhetorical situation.
The purpose is to read a text or listen to a speech so that it becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effectively. |
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| a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. |
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| fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. |
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