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Exam 6 Flashcards

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Antojos

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Julia Alvarez
About a young Dominican American woman name to Yolanda who is visiting her homeland and family in search of her and toe hose or cravings which leads her to not only cultural confrontation between American in Dominican Waze but being able to reconnect with her native identity

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Everyday Use

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Alice walker
Mama describes her relationship with her daughter Dee, who is An educated young African-American woman, returns to visit her childhood house in the Deep South

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Halley’s Comet

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Stanley Kunitz
A poem about a little boy Who misunderstood that Halley’s Comet Is the end of the world
It is about childhood misunderstandings and loss of someone close

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Mother tongue

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Amy Tan
An essay about the author content pleading how her background affected her life and her education
Helter between two worlds and brought her shame but ultimately she Learns to embrace her background

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For the love of books

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Rita Dove

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In medias res

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“ The middle of things” in Latin
Plot device

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Plot device

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Writers use to grab the readers interest

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Flashback

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Plot device
A scene from the past interrupts the action

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Foreshadowing

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Plot device
The dropping of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

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Free verse

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Poetry without regular meter or rhyme
Does Contain many formal elements

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end-stopped lines

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Lines that complete a grammatical unit, often with a punctuation mark at the end
such lines create a storytelling quality

Ex. “ Repent, ye sinners!” he shouted, waving his hand-lettered sign

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Enjambed lines

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Those that do not end with a grammatical break and do not make full sense without the line that follows

Ex. They never heard me steal into the stairwell hall and climb the ladder to the fresh night air

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Reflective essay

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The writer describes a personal experience, condition, or event that reflects on its larger meanings
Most writers makes connections between personal experience and a larger or more Universal idea about life

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Theme

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Characterization

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Biopsy

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Examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

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Terminal

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Of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of some thing

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Demise

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A persons death

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Insatiable

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Impossible to satisfy

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Aphorisms

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A pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Insidious

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Proceedings in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

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Deferments

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Put off (in action or event) to a later time

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Envious

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Jealous
Feeling or showing envy

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Efficient

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Effective
Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense

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Gingerly

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Carefully
In a careful or cautious manner

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Pathetic

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Emotionally moving
Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness

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Serene

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Peaceful
Calm, peaceful and untroubled; Tranquil

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Lamented

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Mourn
A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

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Alienation

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Estrangement
The state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved

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Atrophied

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Withered away
Wasted away or having lost effectiveness

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Cynical

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Distrustful
Believing that people are motivated, purely by self interest; Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

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Anguish

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Pain and suffering
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

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Agitated

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Bothered
Upset

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Mimicking

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Imitating
Imitate, especially in order to entertain or ridicule

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Hoisting

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Lifting
Raised by means of ropes and pulleys

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Clamoring

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Insisting
A loud and confused noise especially that of people shouting the vehemently

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Nostalgia

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Sentiment
Sentimental longing for Westfall affection for the past typically for a place with happy personal association

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Imminent

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Threatening
About to happen

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Ambivalence

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Uncertainty
The state of having mixed feelings or a contradictory idea about something or someone

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Egotistical

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Filled with self importance
Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; Self-centered

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Grapple

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To struggle
Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons

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Opiate

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Painkilling drug
Relating to or resembling or containing opium

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Murky

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Dark and heavy
Dark and gloomy especially due to thick mist

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Synagogue

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A Jewish place of worship

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Bocce

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A game like bowling
Italian game, similar to lawn bowling, but played on a shorter, narrower Green

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Antidote

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A remedy
Medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison

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Indecipherable

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Incapable of being understood
Not able to be read or understood

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Solidarity

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Unity
Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common mutual support within a group

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Agnostic

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A person who is not convinced that God exists

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Transcend

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To overcome
Be or go beyond the range or limits of

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Excuberance

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Extreme joy
The quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience

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Quivered

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Shook
Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

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Ambitious

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Motivated
Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed

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Deficient

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Lacking
A lack or shortage

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Materialistic

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Characterized by a belief that importance comes from only money and fame
Excessively concerned with material possessions; Money oriented

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Lavaliere

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Ornaments hung from a chain worn around the neck

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Responsive

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Reacting quickly and positively

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Laurels

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Any other number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves

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Lilting

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Pleasant gentle accent
Characteristic rising, and falling of the voice, when speaking;

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Inpermanent

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Not permanent

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Vulnerability

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The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked her harmed; Either physically or emotionally

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Instinctively

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Without conscious thought; Play natural instinct

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Deceptively

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In a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression; To a lesser or greater extent than appears the case

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Exploiting

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Make full use of and derive benefit from

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Snarled

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Make an aggressive growl with bare teeth

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Deferments

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The act of delaying or postponing

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Levitate

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Rise or caused to rise and hover in the air typically by means of supposed magical powers

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Inclination

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A persons natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; A disposition

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Sultry

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Hot and humid

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Inadequacy

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Lack of the quantity or quality required

The state or quality of being inadequate;

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Manipulating

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Handle or control in a skillful manner

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Revel

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Being noisy in the festive manner

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Mogul

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An Indian Muslim of or descended From a family of Turkish and Mongolian Origen that ruled India from the 16th to the 18th century

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Disillusioned

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Disappointed in someone or some thing that one discovers be less good than one had believed

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Comradeship

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The company and friendship of others with common aims

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Colleague

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A person with whom one works in a profession or business

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Inconsequential

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Not important or significant

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Stagnated

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Cease to flow or move

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Pilgrimage

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The pilgrims journey

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Catheter

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Then tube made from medical grade materials
Medical device that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure

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Gargle

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A sound
Gurgling sound

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Fatigued

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Cause to feel exhausted

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Scoffed

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Speak to someone about some thing in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

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Ruddy

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Having a healthy red color

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Accosted

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Approach or address boldly or aggressively

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Corpses

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A dead human body

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Intuitive

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Instinctive
Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning

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Commode

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A toilet a box like structure

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Supplements

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Something that completes or enhances something else when adding to it

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Purée

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Blended food

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Crescent

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A curve shape

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Solidifying

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Make or become hard or solid

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Alabaster

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Mineral rock that is soft and used for carving usually white

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Calisthenics

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Sport
Form of strength training consisting of variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups

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Squeamish

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Easily made to feel sick or disgusted

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Innately

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As an inborn characteristic
Naturally

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Tenor

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Singing voice between base in alto

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Stoic

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A person who can endure pain or hardship
Without showing their feelings or complaining

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Coaxed

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Gently and persistently persuade (someone ) to do something

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Mantra

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A sound word or phrase that is repeated by someone who is praying or meditating

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Patriarch

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The male head of the family or tribe

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Estranged

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No longer closer affectionate to someone

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Whimsical

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Playfully quaint or fanciful especially in an appealing and amusing way

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Reconcile

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Restore friendly relations between

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Dwindling

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Gradually diminishing in size amount or strength

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Raspy

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Hoarse or a harsh sound

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Grapple

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Wrestle
Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons

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Negotiate

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Obtain or bring about by discussion

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Facade

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The front of the building

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Observant

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Quick to notice or perceive things

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Buoyant

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Cheerful and optimistic

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Serenely

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In a calm peaceful and untroubled manner

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Memoir

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Takes one specific times throughout the authors life and write about it

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Flashback

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Author goes back into a time different than the main story

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Juxtaposition

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Is the placement of two dissimilar items, people, thoughts, places, etc. next to one another to emphasize the differences or heighten the similarities

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Ethos

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Rhetorical device
Gives the reader/listener a chance to trust the speaker/writer
Can be done through credentials, similar experiences, knowledge of subject matter

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Logos

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Rhetorical device
Author will use this technique in order to give evidence and proof that what he or she is saying is right
Referencing studies, giving known comparisons, and demonstrating a knowledge of the subject matter outside of themselves

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Pathos

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Rhetorical device
Emotional factor where the author tells stories, uses figurative language, and vivid/emotional language to grab at the reader/listeners heartstrings

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows more about a character situation than the character doesn’t knows that the characters understanding is correct

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Structural irony

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The use of a Naïve hero, whose incorrect perceptions differ from the readers correct ones

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Verbal irony

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Sarcasm
A discrepancy Between what is said and what is really meant

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Imagery

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A descriptive language that paints or creates a picture in our minds

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Motifs

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An element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature

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Aphorisms

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Are short statements, sometimes humorous, that attempt to state a general principle about human behavior

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Rhetoric

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Is the art of eloquent speech or writing, which employs various techniques in order to persuade one’s audience

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Contemporary literature

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Represents many different qualities
The goal for modern writers is to focus on universal themes in a new way

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