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| speaker or writer's choice of words |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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| associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word of phrase in addition to its strict dictionary definition |
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| the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience |
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| appeal based on character or the speaker |
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| an appeal based on logic or reason |
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| when a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level |
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| figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word "like", "as", "than", or "resembles" |
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| figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using a word such as "like", "as", "resembles", or "than" |
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| kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
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| when an object or thing represents a more complicated process or concept |
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| the use of the part to represent the whole, or the whole to represent the part |
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| exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally |
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| deliberate expression of an idea or event as less important than it actually is or was |
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| a figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present |
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| language that appeals to the senses; sensory detail |
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| the arrangement of words into sentences |
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| contains subject AND predicate |
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| contains subject or predicate |
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| shows strong sudden feeling |
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| 2 or more independent clauses |
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| 1 independent + 1 or more dependent clauses |
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| 2 or more independent clauses + 1 or more dependent clauses |
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| a sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end |
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| a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units (phrases, clauses) |
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| a noun or pronoun that is placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or give additional information about it |
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| requires that the elements of a sentence that are alike in meaning or function be alike in construction |
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| requires that the elements of a sentence that are alike in meaning or function be alike in construction |
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| one in which 2 parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale |
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| contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence |
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| a figure of speech that makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or object of which the allusion consists |
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| a short narrative account of an amusing, revealing, or otherwise interesting event |
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| form of understatement in which negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity |
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| a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes, such as "buzz" or "hiss" |
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| a concise paradox where two contradictory ideas are combined in a single word or phrase |
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| a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true |
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| a figure of speech by which the order of terms in the first parallel clauses is reversed in the second |
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| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause |
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| the practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses |
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| Who wrote "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666"? |
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| "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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| Who wrote the The Crucible? |
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| What is the setting of The Crucible? |
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| 1692, Salem, Massachusetts |
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| Who wrote "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer"? |
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| Who wrote "Self-Reliance"? |
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| Who wrote "To Build a Fire"? |
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- Stemmed from English Protestants
- Believed everyone is a sinner but Jesus could save
- People were pre-destined to be damned or saved |
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- People could obtain truth from reason rather than religion or intuition
- Reason = God's greatest gift
- God existed, but didn't take active part in lives
- God wants us to be independent |
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- Valued feeling and intuition above reason
- Developed against rationalism
- Valued imagination, individual feeling, nature, spontaniety over reason, logic, planning, cultivation
- Inspiration found in myths, legends, folk culture |
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- One must transcend everyday human experiences to determine ultimate truth
- Newer manifestation of idealism
- Physical/natural world = doorway to spiritual world
- Intuition used to behold God's spirit in nature or their own souls
- Experiences not falsified by senses, but by inner, spiritual, mental essence |
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- Opposite of idealism
- Gave accounts of everyday life and why ordinary people behave the way they do
- Relied on sciences of human/animal behavior, biology, socioogy, psychology
- Also, regionalism |
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- Relied heavily on growing scientific disciplines of psychology and sociology
- Attempted to dissect human behavior
Believed human behavior was affectedby forces beyond their individual power
- Human life = grim, losing battle
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