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Full definition: The repetition of initial sounds, usually consonants, in two or more neighboring words or syllables immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
Published sentence: "Churchill describes himself as one "who often, but without success, had prayed for apt alliteration's artful aid," an example which is itself a proof of his failure, for alliteration is never effective unless it runs upon consonants." - Encyclopedia Britannica |
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1) A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implications.
2) A figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
3) An author's reference to another literary work, a cultural event, or an experience in the author's life
4) The act of alluding
5) Obsolete. a metaphor; parable Published Sentence: Most allusions are based on the assumption that there is a body of knowledge that is shared by the author and the reader and that therefore the reader will understand the author’s referent. -Britannica Online |
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a. correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form
b. similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar Original Sentence: The teacher used the analogy "a brain is like a sponge" to make her students apply themselves to their studies |
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Definition(s): 1. a concise statement of a principle; 2. a short wise saying; 3. a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment (adage) Published Sample Sentence: "The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate." - Prince Charles-Josef de Ligne (Austrian field marshal and writer |
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Definition: the middle class; (in Marxist theory) the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values Published sentence: The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. - Buenaventura Durruti |
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Definition: Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome Original Sentence: The buxom girl happily frolicked across the field |
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Definitions: Adjective: 1. Lasting one day only 2. Lasting a very short time
Published: Laid out in a dazzling geometric design of diagonal oak slats, the floor produced an almost ephemeral optical illusion-a three-dimensional network that gave visitors the sense they were floating through the gallery on a surface that changed with every step. Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
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a. adjective; fully and clearly expressed or formulated
b. adjective; described in a realistic manner
c. adjective; inappropriate Published Sentence:In fact, it is one of the principal, if less explicit, purposes of the Autobiography to combat the kind of moralism that had been characteristic of earlier traditions, particularly those of Puritan America |
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Definition: French writer considered a forerunner of naturalism and known for his precise literary style. His works include the novel Madame Bovary (1857) and the short story "A Simple Heart" (1877 Sample Sentence: "Flaubert despised realism and said so over and over throughout his life; he loved only the absolute purity of art."- Jean-Paul Satre in "Bloom on Gustave Flaubert" |
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to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit. Published Sample Sentence: You could glean some useful information if you listened more carefully |
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1.) implied; rather than expressly stated
2.) capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed
3.) having no doubts or reservations
4.) involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed Published sentence: "But Mr. Keyes's implicit accusation that I was not a true Christian nagged at me, and I was also aware that my answer did not adequately address the role my faith has in guiding my own values and my own beliefs." - Barrack Obama "Call to Renewal |
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Definition: something toward which effort is directed : an aim, goal, or end of action
Published Sentence: “I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man."- Charles M. Schwab |
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Definition: ( A person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government Published sentence: The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. - Huxley, Aldous Leonard |
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1. Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction.
2. The process of spreading to a larger area or greater number; dissemination.
3. Physics The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which a disturbance, such as the motion of electromagnetic or sound waves, is transmitted through a medium such as air or water (Dictionary.com Published Sentence: "An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."
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1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local (adj.)
2. having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial (adj.)
3. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, esp. when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital (adj.)
4. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness (noun) Published Sentence: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca |
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Definition: placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric Published Example Sentence: "It (the movie) creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production." - Roger Ebert |
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Definition: Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
Published Sentence: To be wrathful and sullen is a sin in the christian religion. -Dr. Gerald's World Literature |
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Definition: a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument Published Sentence: "He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton." |
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Definition: The attitude that a writer takes towards a subject or character. It may be characterized as serious, humorous, sarcastic, satirical, solemn, objective, etc Published Sentence: "We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself." - Louis D. Brandeis |
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Noun- an article or thing of very little value.
Verb- to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously or to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect Published Sentence:
Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedoand civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.
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