English words

Question 1

Colonialism

Answer 1

To acquire full or partial political control of another country, the put settlers and take over

Question 2

Enlightenment-

Answer 2

• question tradition
• people give the gov’t power for protection of right
  -REASON
  
  • Their literature was propaganda and speeches.

Question 3

Puritanism

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behavior or beliefs that are based on strict moral or religious principles, especially the principle that people should avoid physical pleasures

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Folk Literature

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a story passed down by generation by generation

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Repetition

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a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.

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Parallelism

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Antithesis

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contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical form

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Biblical Allusion

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Reference to events, figures, or phrases from the Bible

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Romanticism

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• Reaction against the laws of Puritanism & the logic of enlightenment
• Fascinated by the Supernatural
• Celebrated the common man
• Value creativity, imagination, and memory
• emotion over reason

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Realism

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• Honest
• Unsentimental - no past, just now
• ironic - verbal, dark
• Reaction against Romantism
• Scientific method
• Character is most important
• Events are Plausible
• Diction (Speaking) is natural

Question 11

Poet Mavericks

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Imagery (5 senses)

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sight,
sound,
smell,
touch,
taste

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Inverted Syntax

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a form of sentence structure that is commonly used to form questions

Subject+ verb + Object

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Tone

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Cataloging

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Frequent lists of people, things & attributes

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Creation Myth

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answer the question on why the world happened

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Archaic Language

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Words that where once common but are now out of date

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Theme

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he message woven throughout it, often about important topics such as human nature, life, or society

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Inverted Syntax

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oddly worded sentences

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Transcendentalism

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• philosophical & literary movement
• emphasis on living a simple life
• truth if found in nature, personal emotion, and imagination
• hates Puritans
• rich people

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American Gothic

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• important things happen at night
• Dark, medieval castle
• plots are often weird or scary
• many narrators are insane, & females narrators are beautiful but die

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Gothic

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• Dark side of the individual
• Humans have the potential to evil
• the imagination of the unknown
• understanding the unknown
  - explore the supernatural

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Regionalism

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• regional writers sought to record for the future the unique character of their culture.
• Emphasis on every day experience
• accuracy
• Captured life on the frontier & other region

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Naturalism

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• reflects the harsh new reality of life
  - extreme realism”
• examined the human condition
  - motivation behind actions, instinct
• Humans are helpless creatures moved by forces beyond understanding & control
• not a lot of happy endings

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Free Verse

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poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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Simile/ Metaphor

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid Ex: your as quiet as a mouse

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Quatrains

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4 line stanza - like church Hyms

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Slant Rhyme

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a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds Ex: Worm - swarm

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Dashes

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a little horizontal line that floats in the middle of a line of text ex: aye bro -

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Point of View

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Extended Metaphor

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- Think "like" or "as" but drawn out - an idea that is referred back to through a piece of writing

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Loaded Language

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Rhetorical Question

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A question when no response is expected

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Satire

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technique used for humor & irony to poke fun of humans' faults with the mind towards improving society

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Horatian Satire

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Amused & witty gentle poking at the reader

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Juvenilen satire

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Speaker attacks the readers vice and error with contemp

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Unity of Effect

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A single story has a single effect and every sentence must build towards it

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Symbol

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anything that hints at something else, usually something abstract, such as an idea or belief

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Character Development

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the process of building a unique, three-dimensional character with depth, personality, and clear motivations.

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Hypocrisy

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pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. ex: "tasty tacos taste turrific"

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Audience

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Form

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describes the format, or the way the text is presented to the reader

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diction

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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.