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Week 7 Assignment
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
04/20/2014

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Term
impudent
Definition

characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or 

impertinent 

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volubility
Definition
marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent
Term
vernacular
Definition

the everyday language spoken by a people as 

distinguished from the literary language 

 
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poignancy
Definition
profoundly moving; piercing; incisive
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external conflict
Definition

the problem created when one character opposes 

another 

 
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aside
Definition

a short speech delivered directly to the audience 

as if the other characters could not hear it 

 
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benumbed
Definition
deprived of sensation; numb
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obstinate
Definition

stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or 

course of action; difficult to manage or control 

 
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obscurity
Definition

absence of light; darkness; the condition of being 

unknown 

 
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round character
Definition

demonstrates a 

range of human 

qualities typical 

of actual human 

beings

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monologue
Definition

a long, uninterrupted speech by one character that 

reveals the character’s feelings 

 
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antipodes
Definition

something that is exact 

opposite or contrary of 

another

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drama
Definition

literature that develops plot and character through 

dialogue and action; literature in play form 

 
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flat character
Definition

shows one 

single, dominant 

trait 

 
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soliloquy
Definition

a speech made by a character who is alone and 

speaks private thoughts as if the audience were 

not there 

 
Term
sidles
Definition
to move sideways
Term
harrowing
Definition

breaking up and leveling the soil with a farm tool 

called a harrow 

 
Term
perfunctorily
Definition
done routinely and with little interest or care
Term
demiculverins
Definition

a kind of cannonball weighing 

from nine to thirteen pounds 

 
Term
alliteration
Definition

the repetition of the first sounds of many words in 

a poem

Term
mood
Definition
the atmosphere created by a work of literature
Term
deconstruct
Definition

to break a literary work into parts and examine 

closely each part

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