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| a grotesque liking of qualities in people and things |
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| "sieze the day," enjoy life |
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| cleansing of the spirit as a result of tragedy |
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| Highly regarded work of literature |
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| deriving from ancient Greek and Roman culture |
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| high point of a storyline |
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| Witty or ingenious thought |
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| Implied meaning of a word or phrase |
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| Repetition of two or more consonant sounds |
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| Pair of rhyming lines in a poem |
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| Dictionary definition of a word |
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| Resolution that occurs at the end of a work of fiction |
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| Use of an artificial device to solve a problem |
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| Pleasure-seeking, sensual |
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| Circumstance where the reader knows more about the situation than the character |
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| Poem that laments on passing of death or something of value |
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| 3 periods indicating omission of words in a quotation/thought |
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Sentence containing an omission of words.
ex:
"May was hot and June the same"
"was," is omitted after June. |
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