digression, twists and turns Flashcards
1
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etymology of error
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orginates from latin errare ‘to wander’, which depicts the action of roaming or wandering
2
Q
general syntax used when describing satan?
A
very very long multiclausal sentences, for example in book one, he is described in a sentence which spans 32 lines, beginning ‘thus satan (line 192) and ending ‘horrid vale’ (line 224)
3
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syntax used to when god is speaking
A
VERY literal language, no sense of metaphor/ figurative langauge.
lots of imperatives