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strict ; for bidding ; severe

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austere

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disgusting; very bad

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abominable

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A destructive fire usually an expensive one

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conflagration

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conduct; behavior ; deportment

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demeanor

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deserving or causing hatred

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odious

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confusion; uncertainty

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perplexity

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diligent in application or attention; preserving

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sedulously

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showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve

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sullenness

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repetition of vowel sounds

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assonance

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A reference to something literary, mythological or historical, the author assumes the reader will recognize

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allusion

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rhyme that occurs with in a line, rather than at the end

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internal rhyme

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A speech that one gives to one self

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soliloquy

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placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast

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juxtaposition

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running over of a sentence or thought into the next line without a pause at the end of the line

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enjambment

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A figure of speech that substitutes a part for a whole

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synecdoche

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A contrast between what appeals to be and what really is

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irony

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repetition of introductory words or phrases for effect

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Anaphora

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A sort, entertaining story of some happening, usually personal

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anecdote

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opposition or contrast emphasized by parallel structure

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antithesis

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A reference to an object or person by naming only a part of the object

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metonymy

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A statement which seems self-contradictory, but which may be true in fact

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paradox

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play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using one word for another meaning

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pun