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American Literature Final Terms
American Literature General Terms
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English
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2010

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Allegory
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a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal
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Stanza
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a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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Scruples
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careful moral evaluation of things
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Sympathetic
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likeable
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Multivalent
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many powers/layers of being
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Harangue
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a lenghty and aggressive speech
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Allusion
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passing reference or indirect motion
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Facere
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"to make" may not be literally true, but contains truth. the term "fiction" comes from this root
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Conceit
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an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
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Genre
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a kind of literary or artistic work
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Transcendentalism
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any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
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Irony
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incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
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Puritan
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someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
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Denouement
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final outcome of the main complication within the story
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Didactic
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Literature that is instructional or informative
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Motif
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a recurring object, concept or structure in a work of literature
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