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| Things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence |
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| theoretical or lacking substance |
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| a vast or bottomless hole |
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| not caring one way or the other, indifferent due to lack of energy or concern |
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| to annunciate, to speak distinctly, expressing oneself clearly |
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| arguing favorable circumstances and good luck |
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| exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief |
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| Lack of warmth and friendliness |
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| Judging and declaring something wrong or even after weighing evidence |
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| gullible, believing on slight evidence |
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| disbelieving the goodness in people |
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| to say, to tell, to use words |
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| to find out the truth about something |
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| a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
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| a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect |
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| not caring one way or another |
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| Originating, where it is found |
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| unavoidable, bound to happen |
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| lacking in sophistication or worldliness |
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| the quality of exhibiting rainbow like colors, brilliant appearance |
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| Lacking proper respect or seriousness |
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| Characterized by a tendency to judge harshly; authoritative and often critical opinion |
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| to mourn or express sorrow |
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| A false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
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| expressive of a narrow and conventional moral attitude |
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| Perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments or persuasion |
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| showing or reflecting an iridecent light |
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| humorous or ridiculous imitation |
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| one who strongly supports a person or idea |
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| marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies, small minded |
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| a speech of violent denunciation |
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| the peak or highest point |
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| dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
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| a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
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| a passing from one thing to another, a change of luck |
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| the prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or stress) falls on the first syllable |
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| the repitition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words such as tongue twisters like "She sells seashells by the seashore" |
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| is a likeness or similarity between things that are otherwise unlike |
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| a metrical foot of three syllabels, two short or unstressed followed by one long or stressed. The anapaest is the opposite of the dactyl |
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| words and phrases with opposite meanings balanced against each other |
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| a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or somethingnonuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply |
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| the repetition or pattern of similar sounds, tounge twisters |
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| unpleasant spoken sound created by clashing consonants ex: Jabberwocky |
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| grammatical pause or break in a line of poetry (like a question mark) usually nare the middle of the line |
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| an image or metaphor likens one thing to something else that is seemilgly very different |
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| the repetition at close intervals of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or imported words |
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| A pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought |
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| the leaving out of an unstressed syllable or vowel usually in order t keep a regular meter in a line of poetry for example o'er |
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| the continuation of a sentence form one line or couplet into the next and derives from the french verb "to straddle" |
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| the shorter final stanza of a poem |
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| a descriptive expression, a word or phrase expressing some quality or attribute |
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| refers to pleasant spoken sound that is created by smooth consonants such as "ripple" |
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| the use of a soft indrect expression instead of one that is harsh or unpleasantly direct. "to pass away" instead of to die |
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| draws the reader into poetic experiences by touching on the images and senses which the reader already knows |
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| words and phrases developed by a particular group to fit their own needs which other people understand |
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| a pattern equating two seemingly unlike objects |
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| a figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated |
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| a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds |
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| statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements |
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| a line of poetry that has five metrical feet |
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| the narrartor or speaker of the poem not the author |
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| giving human traits to nunhuman or abstract things |
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| word order and setance structure. Normal word order in english sentences is firmly fixed in subject-verb-object sequence or subject-verb-complement. |
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| intentional downplaying of a situation's significance for ironic or humorous effect |
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| punishment from a higher being (god is pissed) |
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