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American Literature
20 Keywords for American Literature
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Undergraduate 4
03/01/2018

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Infer
Definition
conclude based on evidence or premises
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Round Character
Definition
demonstrates a range of human qualities typical of actual human beings
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Demiculverins
Definition
a kind of cannonball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds
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Gothic
Definition
relating to a style of fiction that has grotesque, desolate, and mysterious themes and descriptions
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Sensory Details
Definition
descriptions or images that relate to the five senses
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Soliloquy
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a speech made by a character who is alone and speaks private thoughts as if the audience were not there
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Foil
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a character who serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities The foil in the drama helped the audience
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Perfunctorily
Definition
done routinely and with little interest or care
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Frame Story
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a narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales
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Melancholy
Definition
sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom
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Insatiable
Definition
Impossible to satiate or satisfy
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Indolent
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Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy
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Languid
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; showing little or no spirit or animation
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Volubility
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marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent
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Antipodes
Definition
something that is exact opposite or contrary of another
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Demiculverins
Definition
a kind of cannonball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds
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Narrative
Definition
a true or fictitious story
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Deconstruct
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to break a literary work into parts and examine closely each part
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Vernacular
Definition
the everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language
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Jovial
Definition
marked by good cheer
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