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APE FINAL
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English
11th Grade
05/09/2013

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parochial
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very limited or narrow in scope or outlook
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pragmatic
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practical;pertaining to state or community
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histrionic
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overly dramatic or conciously emotional
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convoluted
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complicated;intricate
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banal
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devoid of originality
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vacuous
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lacking in intelligence or ideas; empty
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prolific
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productive; in large quantity of something
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perfunctory
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hasty; superficial; without interest or care
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bemusement
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confusion/to cause confusion
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perplexity
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uncertainty
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reverential
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holding a feeling of deep respect
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servility
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overly submissive; oppressed/easily intimidated
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prosaic
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commonplace; dull
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metonymy
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An "entity" meaning a word or phrase that is used as an association to another

EX: "The pen is mightier than the sword"
"pen" symbolizes written word, while "sword" symbolizes force
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anachronism
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something that is seemingly out of place or "timeline" (basically, time period/chronological order)

EX: In Julius Caeser, Cassius says, "The clock has struck three!" YET, there were no mechanical clocks in that time period
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analogy
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A form of comparison where a similar feature or trait between two objects can be directly shown by making a known comparison

EX: "Obeying is to a servant, like ordering is to a master."
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anaphora
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The repetition of group words at the beginning of successive clauses

EX: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right." - Abe Lincoln
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parrallelism
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a set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses
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epistrophe
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repetition of the same group of words at the end of successive clauses

EX: "To be, or not to be..." - Shakepeare
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anadiplosis
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repetition of the last word of a clause at the beginning of the following clause

EX: "I am Sam, Sam I am." - Dr. Suess
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inversion
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the reversal of the natural usage of words

EX: "In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit" - J.R.R. Tolkein
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understatement
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deliberate playing down of a situation in order to make a point

EX: "It's just a flesh wound..." - Monty Python
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