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| a story used to illustrate a point or idea |
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| avoid or work around subject |
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| analysing something to compare it to a set standard |
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| a poem or piece of music that has a passionate grief |
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| a piece of media that describes a perfect place or life |
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| english sentence type. main idea then subordinate clause |
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| bad logical flow of words or an idea. |
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| imitative work made to mock the creator |
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| a short hard general advice |
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| all people eventually die, you are a person. you are going to die |
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| personality used by a writer |
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| thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists |
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| Comparison to Dionysian(apollo), the greatest of all characteristics |
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| a poet, performer that told heroic stories |
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| literature made to ridicule a thing |
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| comically or grotesquely exaggerated |
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| conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning |
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| parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature that is good. |
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| attitude toward the topic |
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| stream of con·scious·ness |
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| writer tries to recreate the flow of thoughts in their head |
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| appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic |
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| a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. |
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| he choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. |
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| a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay |
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| expressing something that is not rational in rational terms. |
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| high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people. |
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| Specific details that form the backbone or core of the body paragraphs |
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| the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. |
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| a lengthy and aggressive speech. |
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| is that in which the author employs a knowledge of not just the meaning of the words that are put together |
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| the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. |
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| the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. |
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| the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. |
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| a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. |
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| the appearance of being true or real. |
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| mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence. |
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| a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. |
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| the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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| uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language meant to evoke multiple meanings. |
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| a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. |
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| a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram. |
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| a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. |
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| a word that a pronoun refers to |
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| a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.” |
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| a punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can't ; he's ; class of ’99 ). |
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| a very typical example of a certain person or thing. |
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| French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general. |
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| a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix. |
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| a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. |
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| a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine. |
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| used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future. |
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| repetition of two sounds in a work |
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| (...) the lack of words in a thought |
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| a structure that provides a setting |
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| excessive pride or self-confidence. |
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| close to the way the was written, but not exactly |
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| tease in a scornful or contemptuous manner. |
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| way in which something occurs |
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| story used to teach a lesson |
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| describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. |
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| based on feeling not fact |
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| a story with a second meaning |
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| related to Greek or Latin culture |
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| conclude something based on previously established ideas |
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| fallacy, fallacious reasoning |
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| incorrect belief based on bad information or corrupt logic |
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| unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar. |
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| part of sentence that describes the subject with a verbs and adjectives |
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| repeat an idea with different words |
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| the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written. |
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| the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. |
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| discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident meaning of words or actions. |
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| playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor. |
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| a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
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| irrelevant playful teasing |
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| structure of sentence, made up of subject and predicate |
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| implied meaning of a word or phrase |
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| literal meaning of a word or phrase |
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| (god out of the machine) artificial problem solver |
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| making inferences based upon observed patterns |
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| opposite of what is meant |
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| rhetorical understatement: you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad |
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| exaggerated work, to incite extreme feelings |
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| face presented to the audience |
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| a well worded emotional work made to sway an audience |
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| A complement which is coupled to a subject |
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| present smaller than really is |
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| geographic isolation of language |
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| A compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g., oar-steed = ship |
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