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Week 20 Flashcards

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Genre

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A category of literary composition

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Grotesque

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Characterized by bizarre, unnatural distortions

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Invective (noun or adj)

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Denunciation of some person or thing in abusive writing

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Loose sentence

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A sentence that is grammatically complex before it ends

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Periodic sentence

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A sentence that is not grammatically complex until it ends

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