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1
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tyranny meaning

A

oppressive exercise of power

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husks meaning

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dry external layer of certain fruits or seeds

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crowns meaning

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a foreign coin of certain value

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duke meaning

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a noble holding highest rank outside royal family

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outlaw meaning

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a person who has broken the law and remains a fugitive

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subtly meaning

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skilfull, ingenious, clever

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high flown meaning

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extravagent

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whetstone meaning

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a piece of stone used for sharpening cutlery

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pancakes meaning

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flat cake of batter fried on both sides rolled up with sweet or savoury

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unleash meaning

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set free

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knave meaning

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dishonest man

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knight meaning

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a man who served his soverreigns

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slander literary device

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crime of making false spoken statemnet damaging a persons reputation

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apparent meaning

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able to be seen or understood

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proclamations meaning

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public or official announcements

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piteous meaning

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diserving pity

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snuck meaning

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sneak

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scorned meaning

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to express contempt

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graces meaning

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to bring honour or credit

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mourn meaning

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feel sorrow for a loss

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21
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misconstrue meaning

A

to interpret wrongly

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malice meaning

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desire to harm someone

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conventional meaning

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in accordance with beliefs

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firm meaning

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solid structure, reselient

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boar spear meaning

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a spear used for hunting bears

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clownish meaning

A

humorously exaggerated

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temperamental meaning

A

a persons unreasonable changes of mood

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burrs meaning

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rough edge left on an object by a tool

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devious meaning

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showing skillfull use of negative tactics to achieve goals

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smudge meaning

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messily smeared

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swaggering meaning

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parade with arrogance

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modest meaning

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unassuming

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tumult meaning

34
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choristers meaning

A

singers in a choir

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blithely meaning

A

without care

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cadence meaning

A

rhythmic music

37
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rapture meaning

A

extreme pleasure

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amber meaning

A

brownish yellow

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ebony meaning

A

a hard deep black

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marauders meaning

A

plunderers

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sanctuary meaning

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place of safety

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homing meaning

A

going home

43
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ballad genre

A

oldest form of poetry in a song form narrating a story in short stanzas

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biography genre

A

life history of a person written by someone else

45
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comedy genre

A

the term in any discourse or work generally inducing laughter

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couplet literary device

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a pair of successive lines of verse typically rhyming and of same length

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elegy genre

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poem of serious reflections, a lament for the dead

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epic genre

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long narrative poem in relation to the central heroic figure, becoming a part of history of a nation or race

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folklore genre

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traditional beliefs and customs or stories of a community passed through generations by word of mouth

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haiku genre

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a japanese poem of seventeen syllables in three lines of 5,7,5 evoking images of natural world

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horror genre

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literature intented to scare disgust or startle reader through feelings of terror and sometimes through supernatural elements

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lampoon literary device

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publicly criticize by ridicule or sarcasm

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limerick genre

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humorous five line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba

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lyric genre

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poetry expressing subjective or personal point of view

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novel genre

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fictitious long prose narrative of book length

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novella genre

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a short or a long short story

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ode genre

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a type of lyrical stanza elaborately structured poem praising an event or individual

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romance genre

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literature that aims to evoke strong emotions in the audience

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satire literary device

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use of humorous irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose famous personalities

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sonnet genre

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fourteen line poem usuing any number of rhyme schemes

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short story genre

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story with a well developed theme, much shorter and less elaborate than a novel

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villanelle genre

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nineteen-line pastoral lyrical poem, with only two rhymes throughout and some lines repeated

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connotation literary device

A

the feelings and associations suggested by a wod

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hyperbole literary device

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an exaggeration of something

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imagery literary device

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the creation of images using words

66
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irony literary device

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a difference or contrast

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oxymoron literary device

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phrase consisting of contradictory terms

68
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paradox literary device

A

statement that at first appears contradictory but which on closer examination contains truth

69
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what is a calligram

A

a visual representation of a word or poem, that reflects the meaning

70
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what is stress in english

A

it is the emphasis given to select sounds or syllables in words. this means some words are pronounced louder than the others.

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what is intonation in english

A

it is the way the pitch of a speakers voice goes up or down as they speak.

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