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Gavinitions
38
English
11th Grade
05/16/2006

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fluency
Definition
the act or state of flowing of words
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assassin
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hashish eater
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alliteration
Definition
repetition
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glossary
Definition
mini-dictionary back of the book, specific terms.
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etc.
Definition
et cetera
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et cetera
Definition
"and certain things"
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periodicals
Definition
newspapers, magazines
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รค
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"ah"
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schwa
Definition
upside down e for - "uh"
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analogy
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x:y::a:b
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lead
Definition
1st one or 2 paragraphs to capture readers intrest
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4 elements that "shows rather than tells"
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1. image
2. dialogue
3. action
4. reaction
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covenant
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sacred agreement of pact
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faction
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party
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blink
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ignore
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overture
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beginning
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article
Definition
a word that marks a noun:

a, an, the
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tabula rasa
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idea that the mind starts off at a clean slate
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ff.
Definition
in the following
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l.
Definition
line
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mood
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image as it evokes a sense response
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free verse
Definition
poetry that has no verse or meter
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prose
Definition
regular writing in sects & parags running from margin to margin
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principle
Definition
verb form used as a noun adj
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4 principle parts of a verb
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infinitive
present participle
past tense
past participle
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verbal
Definition
a verb form used as another part of speech; participle, infinitive, gerrand.
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philosophy
Definition
an attempt to explain the nature of man and his relationship to the world around him.
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rationalism
Definition
antithesis to Puritanism
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humanism
Definition
man as the center
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practical religion
Definition
rational guidance
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positive religions
Definition
degenerate forms of religion
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neoclassicism
Definition
order, balance, restraint
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Process of writing
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prewrite
drafting
revising
editing
publishing
(PreDREP)
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steps in revising
Definition
subtract
move
add
change
(SMAC)
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recursive
Definition
leaping back and forth; repetitive
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muse
Definition
any of the 9 sister goddesses in Greek mythology
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thesis>antithesis>synthesis
Definition
Puritanism>Rationalism>Transcendentalism>Realism>Naturalism

P>Ra>T>Re>N
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blank verse
Definition
unryhmed iambic pentameter
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