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Who

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Subject, complement (he)

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Whom

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Objects (him)

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Which

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Nonessential info

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That

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Essential info

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5
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3 noun phrases

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Gerund infinitive appositive

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Punctuation of noun phrases

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Gerund/infinitive punctuated as part of speech
Regular Appositive comma
Emphatic dash/colon

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Alliteration

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Repetition of first consonant sound

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Allusion

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Reference to other works

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere

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Diction

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Word choice (contributes to tone)

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12
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Imagery

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Words that use the five senses

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13
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Neologism

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New word (autobiography)

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14
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Parallelism types

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Antithesis
Chiasmus
Zuegma

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Antithesis

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Parallel opposite ideas

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Chiasmus

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Antithesis that inverts word order

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Zeugma

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Use word to modify two or more words to change meaning

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Tone

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Authors attitude

19
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Achilles heel

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From story of Achilles… Duh

20
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Pound of flesh

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Shakespeare’s merchant of Venice.

Someone’s insistence on being repaid even if the repayment will destroy/harm the debtor

21
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Sacred cow.

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Hinduism

Something that cannot be harmed or interfered with

22
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Crossing the rubicon

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Julius Caesar

Take an irreversible step often involving danger

23
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Pearls before swine

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Sermon on the mount

Offer something precious to those who cannot appreciate its value

24
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Once in a blue moon

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2nd full moon of the month

Something that occurs very rarely

25
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Mrs Grundy

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Thomas Morton’s play, speed the plough

Grundyism and Mrs Grundy refer to narrow minded prudishness

26
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Crocodile tears

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Small ducts at corner of eye when open jaw wide

Show false sympathy

27
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Sirens

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Greek mythology

Anything that tempts a person away from safety

28
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Read the riot act

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English common law

Issue a stern warning if behavior doesn’t stop, severe consequences

29
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Thirty pieces of silver/betrayed with kiss

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Judas iscariot
Thirty- payment for act of treachery
Betrayed- supposed friends treachery

30
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Gordon knot

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Gordius was Greek king who tied knot. Oracle. Alexander the Great
Knot- complex problem
Cutting Gordion knot- solving such a problem quickly and decisively

31
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Ivory tower

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Alfred diVigny shut himself in ivory tower to write. Mentioned in fairytales
Beautiful unreachable place/ person isolated or out of touch with reality NEG connotation

32
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All that glitters is not gold

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Aristotle

Appearances can be deceptive, something that appears valuable but may not be

33
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Sound and fury

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McBeth

Lot of fuss about nothing

34
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Review literature

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Franklin
Irving
Wheatley

35
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Review presentations

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On myths

Not our own ones

36
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Review articles

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Imagined communities

How myths are made

37
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Irony

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Often humorous incongruity

English Midterm (3 decks)

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