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Equi
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Equal
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relegate
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demote
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sporadic
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irregular
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syntax
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word order
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barrage
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overwhelming quantity
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theme
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central idea
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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spurious
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not genuine;false;counterfit
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truant
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adjective
absent without permission
synonym: astray or playing hooky
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dulcet
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melodious, soft, soothing
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flippant
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cavalier, carefree, disrespectful
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DISCORDANT
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(adj.) inharmonious; conflicting
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wistful
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yearning; sadly longing
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diatribe
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bitter or abusive speech
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Exigent
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urgent, demands promp action.
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anapeste
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xx/ short short long
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emit
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send out; give off
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Necromancer
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a sorcerer, conjurer, wizard
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Apocryphal
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Of QUESTIONABLE AUTHENTICITY; FALSE.
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Castigate
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to criticize or punish severely
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petrarchan sonnet
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an italian sonnet 14
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antithesis
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the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas
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Negative
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PositiveSentence that begins by stating what is NOT true, then ending by stating what is true.
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philanthropic
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adj. relating to monetary generosity
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Invective
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an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
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intestate
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not having made a will
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validate
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to make valid; substantiate; confirm:
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Aliteration
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The repitition of initial consonant sounds in words.
Ex. Daffy Duck, V for Vendetta
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Jocund
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full of or showing high-spirited merriment
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denouement
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from French "unknotting"; the events following the major climax of a plot in a drama or fiction
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plaint
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poem about death (like a dirge)
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Convention
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An established practice used by authors of literary works.
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contraband
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goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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punctilious
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(adj.) - eager to follow rules
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epitaph
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praise for a dead person (headstone)
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Precocious (adj.)
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1. Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude. 2. Botany Blossoming before the appearance of leaves.
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pestilence
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a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
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juxtaposition
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the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
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futile
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not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous
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Acquiesce
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to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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allegory
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a work in which concrete elements stand for abstractions
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prose
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the usual language of speech and writing, lacking the special properties of meter and form that define poetry
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syllepsis
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use of a word understood differently in relation t o two or more other words, which it modifies or governs.
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inversion
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the usual word order is rearranged, often for the effect of emphasis or to maintain the meter
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canon
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that which has been accepted as authentic
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Viscous
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Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
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Style
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The distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects. Style essentially combines the idea to be expressed with the individuality of the author. These arrangements include individual word choices as well as matters such as the length of sentences, their structure, tone, and use of irony
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parable
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a story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question
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paradox
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statement that appears to be self contradictory
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bowdlerize
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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wit
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the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.
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litotes
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a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite
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ad populum
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concludes a proposition to be true because many people believe it
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pulverize
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verb
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
synonym: destroy
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fervid
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Marked by great passion or zeal: a fervid patriot.
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Epic
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A very long narrative poem on a serious theme in dignified style. A great war, heroic journey, supernatural forces.
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symbolism
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use of objects figures or colors to represent abstract thoughts
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counterargument
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a challenge to a position; an opposing argument
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belabor
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(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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Comic Relief
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the inclusion of a humorous character scene
to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event
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couplet
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a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
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Plot
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the action or sequence of events in a story, usually develops and grows.
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non sequitur
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a fallacy of argument in which claims fail to connect logically (if you're really my friends, you'll lend me five hundred dollars)
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synecdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole part
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cuckold
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a man whose wife cheats on him with the implication that he cannot satisfy her physically
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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stream of consciousness
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a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
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