LITERATURE

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EULOGY

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A speech, writing, poem containing praise for someone who recently retired or passed away

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SATIRE

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A way of criticizing people or ideas in a humourous way, esp in order make a political point, or piece of writing that use this style

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SEANCE

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a meeting where people try to talk with dead people

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WOE

tale of woe

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Big problems and troubles

**Tale of woe **- extreme sadness

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ACCOLADE

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Touch one person’s shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood
An award or priviledge granted as a special honor or as an acknowledge of merit

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GLADIATOR

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A man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena

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APHRODISIAC

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Thing that cause excitement
Food, drink, drug stimulates sexual desire

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FLAILING FIRE

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A fire that moves energetically in an uncontrolled way

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CLOAK AND SCYTHE

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the death

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DOE EYES

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Large, wide open eyes, seductive eyes

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ELEGY

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A sad poem or song, esp remembering someone who has died or sth in the past

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EPITAPH

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A short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, esp one written on their gravestone

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LABYRINTH

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a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost:

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DEMISE

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the death of a person

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MIMESIS

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The act of representing or imitating reality in art, esp literature

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O-XY-‘MO-RON

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Combination of contradictory or incongruous words

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PALINDROMES

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a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward

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PARSE

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(grammar) Separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject

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PREFACE

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An intro at the beginning of a book explaining its purpose, thanking people who helped the author

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‘PREAMBLE

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A preliminary / preparatory statement, an intro

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PREPOSITION

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Words, or group of words that indicate spatial relationship

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PSALMS

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A holy poem or song, esp one of the 150 collected together in the bible

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RHETORIC

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Speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
Clever language that sounds good but it’s not sincere or has no real meaning

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TAU-‘TO-LO-GY

tôˈtäləjē

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The use of 2 words or phrases that express the same meaning, in a way that is unnecessary and usually unintentional

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WEASEL WORD

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Sth that someone says either to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe that sth that is not true

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CLOAK-AND-DAGGER

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Secrective

Used to describe an exciting story involving secrets and mystery, often about spies, or something that makes you think of this

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MAGNUM OPUS

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The most important piece of work done by a writer or artist

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‘PRE-QUEL

ˈpriː.kwəl

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A film, book, or play that develops the story of an earlier film, etc. by telling you what happened before the events in the first film, etc.

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E-‘PIS-TRO-PHE

i-ˈpi-strə-fē

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Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

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DI-‘A-CO-PE

daɪˈækəpi

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The repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words

“I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor!”

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LEXICON

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(A list of) all the words used in a particular language or subject, or a dictionary

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DIATRIBE

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An angry speech or writing that criticizes someone severely

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‘SI-MI-LE

ˈsɪm.ə.li

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A figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things

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STAR-SPANGLED

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Covered, glittering, or decorated with stars