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Puritan Literature Vocabulary
Vocabulary for Puritan literature.
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English
11th Grade
02/22/2011

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parable
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a brief story meant to teach a lesson
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rhyme
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the similarity of sounds
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internal rhyme
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rhyme that occurs within a line
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end rhyme
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rhyme at the end of the line
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paradox
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statement that contradicts itself
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conceit
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a comparison of two dissimilar things
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lyric poetry
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a short poem that expresses intense feelings
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allusion
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an indirect reference to a person place or thing
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extended metaphor
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a comparison made at some length
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inverted syntax
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a reversal in the expected order of words
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meter
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the repetition of a rhytmc unit in a line of poetry
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anaphora
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a technique in which successive phrases begin with the same words
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persuasive writing
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intended to convince a reader to adopt an opinion
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sermon
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a form of religious persuasion
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loaded language
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words with strong connotations
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figurative language
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language that communicates ideas that are not literal
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parallelism
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a technique of expressing ideas of equal worth
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