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Unalienable
Impossible to take away or give up
Constraints
Requires or forces
Tyranny
Oppresive power
Assent
Approval or aggrement
Acquiesce
accept something reluctantly but without protest
Rectitude
morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness
Argument
Writing that is meant to get readers to think in a certain way or take particular action
Persuasive appeals
Techniques used to convince
Pathos
Appeals to emotion; attempt to influence readers feeling
Logos
Appeals to logic: connect readers rationality or reason
Ethos
Appeals to Authority; suggest the writer has special expertise
Syntax
The structure of a sentence
Usage
The way in which a word or phase is used
Formality
the level of familarity with which writers address the reader
Preamble
a statement that explains who is issuing the document and for what purpose
Enumeration
Text that follows the preamble, in which the major ideas are listed in numerical order.
Heading
Each structure begins with
Serial comma
If it is used, the serial comma is placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction (and, or , or nor).
Parallel structure
If two items in the list are prepositional phrases, then the remaining items should also be prepositional phrases
Loathsome
causing hatred or disgust
Wretched
In a very unhappy or unfortunate state
dejected
Sad or depressed
Slave Narrative
The interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah; autobiography; Uses emotional appeals
ampler
more abundant
teeming
full
vast
very great in size
breadth
wide range; expansive extent
prolific
fruitful;abundant
multitudes
Large number of people or things; masses
Underlying the poem’s diverse subjects is the constant echo of an:
Epic theme
Free verse
irrgular meter, no rhyme scheme, and varying line lengths
Anaphora
A type of rhetociral device, repetition of a word or group of words
Catalogue
List of people, objects or situations (Whitman)
Diction
word choice
Onomatopoeia
Sensory words that mimic the sounds they name (whitman)
Words in Paris
The use of words in pairs joined by “and”. (Whitman)
Imperial
relating to an empire
Emperor
ruler of highest rank and authority, escpecially of an empire
treason
the action of betraying someone or something
Sovereign
Supreme authority or power
captivity
condition of being held prisoner
Exact Rhyme
two or more words have identical sounds in their final expressed syllables. (Emily Dick.)
Slant Rhyme
the final sounds are similar but not identical
Paradox
Statement that seems contradictory but actually presents a truth.
Parts of Speech
use in a sentence: noun, pronoun,verb, adjective, prepostion, conjuctionm or interjection
Abstract Noun
Refers to an idea, quality, or concept reather than to a specific object
concrete noun
names something that you can experience through your five senses
Sanctitiy
The state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly
Transcendent
Beyond or above the range of normal A or merely physical human experience
Redeemers
A person who brings goodness, honor, etc., to something again
Independent clauses
Have a subject and verb and can stand alone as complete thoughts
Subordinate(or dependent) caluses
Have a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as complete thoughts
Familiar word parts
Roots, prefixes, or suffixes.
Sufficed
be enough or adequate
superfluous
Unnecessary, escpecially through being more than enough
vital
absolutely necessary or important; essential
Point of view
Prespective the writer adopt toward a situation or set of issues
Philosophical assumptions(Thoraeu)
her takes for granted and that form a foundation for his ideas
Explicit (Thoreau)
Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt
Implicit (thoreau)
not stated outright
Thoreau uses
diction or word choice, combines figure of speech, uses analogy.
Direct address of the reader(th.)
when a writer or speaker explicity addresses the audience as “you”
brief anecdotes(th.)
a brief story about something interesting or funny in a person’s life.
Pithy statement(th.)
a brief but meaningful expression of an idea
Form
the overall structure or shape of a poem
Fixed form
A poem tha can be categorized by the pattern of its lines, meters, rhymes, and stanzas
Open form
Poems that do not conform to established patterns of lines, meters, rhymes, and stanzas
Stanza
grouping of lines, set off by space/break, usually with a set pattern of meter and rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Pattern of end rhymes
Couplet
Consists of two lines that usually rhyme and heave the same meter
Terza rima
Interlocking three-line rhyme scheme
Quatrain
A four -line stnza with various rhyme schemes
English sonnet
3 quatrains and couplet
According to whitman, what determines the shape of poem
Praised the individuals
Why does Whitman prefer open forms over fixed forms such as the sonnet?
express diversity and structure, unquiens.
Transcendtalism
19th century American philosophy and theological movement that emphasizes intuitive & spiritual thinking over scientific thinking
Pantheism
the belief that nature, the universe, and reality are the same as the supreme entity or divinity.
-ism
(suffix) abstract → concrete
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