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metaphor
A comparison not using like or as.
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etymology
Gives the history or origin of a word.
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obsolete
Words that have completely passed out of usage.
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archaic
Words that are rarely used.
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entry word
The word or phrase that is to be defined.
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standard formal
Highest form of writing.
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standard informal
Colloquial, everyday speech.
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nonstandard
Careless writing, uneducated, incorrect.
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or
Used when spellings are equally acceptable.
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simile
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
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personification
Attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities.
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hyperbole
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
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misplaced modifier
A modifier that is improperly separated from the word it modifies.
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wrong word
An inappropriate term used in context.
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faulty coordination
Inadequate coordination between phrases or clauses.
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dangling modifier
A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.
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fragment
An incomplete sentence.
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AD
Anno Domini; in the year of our Lord.
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i.e.
That is (from Latin 'id est').
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e.g.
For example (from Latin 'exempli gratia').
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gobbledygook
The language of officialdom, often regarded as convoluted or jargon-filled.
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1/2 inch
The standard length of a new paragraph indent.
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hyphen
A punctuation mark used to join words or separate syllables.
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spell out
To write out numbers that are below two words.
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spelled out
When 'reverend' is used after 'the,' it is spelled out, not abbreviated.
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To A Louse
A poem by Burns that teaches sincerity.
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poetry
The dominant writing form of the romantic period.
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elegiac
Characterized by somber meditations on death.
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Milton
The poet immortalized in London 1802.
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wedding guest
The character whom the Mariner tells his story to.
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
The story that introduced the Byronic hero.
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Byronic hero
A rebellious, brooding, proud man.
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François de Bonnivard
The character imprisoned in The Prisoner of Chillon.
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Ode on a Grecian Urn
The most famous ode in English.
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Sir Walter Scott
The author who popularized the historical novel.
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Jane Austen
The author who popularized the novel of manners.
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shield
What Rebecca wore for protection while looking out the window.
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Mr. Darcy
The character in Pride and Prejudice who was full of himself.
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Jane
The character who danced with Mr. Bingley twice.
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Elizabeth
Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter.
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Lines Written in Early Spring
The conflict between the beauty of nature and the depravity of man.
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Expostulation and Reply
The power of nature to impress our minds.
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The Tables Turned
Nature is a better teacher than man.
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A Slumber did my Spirit Seal
A reflection on the death of Lucy.
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When I Have Born in Memory
A man's patriotic feeling for his country.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The poem discussing the love binding all related things.
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Ode on a Grecian Urn
Permanence in a world of change can be satisfied by art.
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Mutability
All things are prone to change.
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My Native Land
A poet's love for his homeland.
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Pride and Prejudice
The first significant novel to deal with an entire family.
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I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud
A poem by William Wordsworth.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
A work by George Gordon Lord Byron.
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Lines Written in Early Spring
A lament on what man has made of man (Wordsworth).
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality
The rainbow comes and goes, and lovely is the rose (Wordsworth).
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Near Dover
A poem on divine protection if virtuous and wise (Wordsworth).
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The Rime of The Ancient Mariner
Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink (Coleridge).
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Song for St Cecilia's Day
Secret organs praise (Dryden).
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Kubla Khan
Alph sacred river runs through caverns to the sunless sea (Coleridge).
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Battle of Blenheim
A relating of a famous battle (Southey).
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Ode to the West Wind
If winter comes can spring be far behind (Shelley).
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Ode on a Grecian Urn
Beauty is truth and truth is beauty (Keats).
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epigram

a concise saying that is often witty and satirical

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novel

type of extended prose fiction

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john dryden

a song for st. cecilias day

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alexander pope

essay on man

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essay on man

“say first of God above or man below what can we reason but from what we know”

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Friday

who did Crusoe save

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richard steele

the tatler

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the tatler

“fair sex…honor of whom I name this paper”

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joseph addison

the spectator

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sir Roger de coverly

character in the spectator

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6 inches

how tall were the liliputians

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yahoos

what were the men called

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robert burns

scotlands greatest poet

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