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Dichotomy
a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
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Adonis
a beautiful youth, very handsome young man
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Hermetic
- complete airtight
- not affected by outward influence or power
- isolated
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demure
fem. reserved modest and shy
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Herculean
requiring great strength or effort
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Iridescent
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
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Debonair
masc. courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
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Bane
a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence
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Palladium
- something believed to ensure protection
- constitution, bill of rights
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saturnine
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
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lothario
a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
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primeval
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
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flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
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svelte
fem. slender, especially gracefully slender in figure;
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tawdry
gaudy; showy and cheap.
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maverick
unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist:
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convivial
friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
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pallor
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
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nemesis
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
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dolorous
full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
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antediluvian
very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.
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bellicose
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Moot
open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.
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allusion
a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art
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alliteration
the repitition of sounds ,especially initial consonaant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells")
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diction
refers to the writer's word choices especially with regard to their correctness, clearness of effectiveness
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irony
the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
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satire
a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
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style
an evaluation of the sum of choices an author makes in blending dicion syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices
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allegory
the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
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rhetoric
describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
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connotation
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word, the implied suggested meaning
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jargon
- 1. the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group; medical jargon.
- 2. unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
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narrative techniques
the styloe of telling the "story" even if the passage is non fiction.
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literal
tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic.
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paradox
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth a validity
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parody
a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
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periodic sentence
- a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
- Ecstatic with my AP scores, i let out a loud shout of joy!
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apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an abscent or imaginary person or personified abstraction such as liberty or love
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hyperbole
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstement
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Metonomy
- substitution of one word for another which it suggests
- count heads / count people
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aphorism
a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a mroal principle
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analogy
comparison of an unfamiliar idea to a simple familiar one
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anecdote
a short story told to illistrate a point
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antithesis
- balancing or contrashing one word or idea against another usually in the same sentense
- "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate"
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negative definition
describing something by telling what it is not rather than, or in addition to, what it
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parallel structuring
- the repeating of phrases or sentences that are similar (parallel) in meaning and structure
- "...pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship....."
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rhetorical question
a question posed for emphasis of a point, not for the purpose of getting an answer
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Horation satire
- characterized by a cheerful tone, urbane, tongue-in-cheek tone .
- Aims to correct by employing broadly sympathetic laughter
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Juenalian staire
exhibits a cutting, biting, bitter, and angry tone. It points with contempt and indignation to the corruption of human beings and institutions
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Research paper steps 1-7
- Step 1: Assessing the writing trough rubric scoring
- Step 2: MLA Guidelines for Documentation
- Step 3: Select and Narrow a topic
- Step 4: Examine Library and Electronic Resources
- Step 5: Prepare a Working List of Possible Sources
- Step 6: Develop a Preliminary Thesis Statement
- Step 7: Read, Study, and Take notes
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Research paper steps 8-14
- Step 8: Formulate the thesis statement
- Step 9: Develop a Outline
- Step 10: Write the first draft
- Step 11: Revise the first draft
- Step 12: Proofread and Edit Draft
- Step 13: Proofread for Correct Documentation
- Step 14: Submit a Final Paper
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Typical work-cited entry for a book includes the following with punctuation included
- 1. Author's Last name, First name.
- 2. Title of Book.
- 3. City of publication:
- 4. Publisher's name,
- 5. Year of publication.
- 6. Medium of publication consulted
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Native american
- relationship with the earth
- purpose was not literary it was religious
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Revolutionary (The age of Reason)
- rmphasis on self examination and self improvement
- Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine
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Colonial
- Serious minded journals, personal narratives
- Human beings exist for the glory of god
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Romantics
Equal at birth, inherently good, valued as individuals, all people were encouraged toward self development
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Scoring Domains
Content, style, Structure, presentation
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Numeric values
- 4- consistent control
- 3- reasonable control
- 2- inconsistent control
- 1- little or no control
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