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it's the packet mrs.segars gave us.

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may be fiction or nonfiction-the assertion of theme discloses a truth about human nature(society)
a conscious literary form-not chatty
a direct address to someone who is not there, to God, to an object or abstract quality(courage). deep emotional expression
1800's stressed perosnal intuition over reason
imaginary ideal world
divinely inspired
a brief sketch
scandal & sensationalism
by fact
by virtue of one's office
after the fact, in retrospect
the woman victim
slip in behavior
flow of words
kind, sort, species, style
pilgrimage to mecca
a story that begins in the middle
by that very fact
the cumulative consequences of a person's acts
grim or grotesque-suggestive of death
muslim school
in good faith
uneasiness, premonition of ill
manner of working(style)
newly rich, upstart
above all
by the year
per person
by itself, intrinsically
ironic mockery
combination of incougruous elements
principal female singer in an opera
under the protection of another
harmony
appointment
cold bloodedness
logical argument (deductive reasoning) with 3 parts
substitution of a name of an object closely associated with a word for the word
a "patch" that is anusually elaborate or "fine" in style when contrasted with the rest of the passage
independent-->dependent
dependent-->independent
renames (emphasis)
s-v
s-v, and s-v
s-v, though s-v
all pronouns have them
equal elements are presented with similar grammatical structure
commands
composition imitating another, may ridicule writer and his/her style and subject matter
an attack (vitriolic language)
a personal episode used to support a point
formal poem-meditations on death or a solemn theme
contrasting phrases or sentences
giving human emotions to nature
two metaphors, together
cause-effect
pace, more conjunctions than usual
looks like verb, but modifies
a comparison which uses something familiar in order to explain somehting unfamiliar
morbid, absurd

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