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Vocabulary List 04
James Russell Lowell
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09/24/2009

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couplets
Definition
two lines of verse with similar end-rhyme
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iambic pentameter
Definition
a line of verse consisting of an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable five times
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tone
Definition
a term designating the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work; In a such a usage a work may have a tone that is formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending, or any of many other possible attitudes
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editorialize
Definition
expressing the views of the editor or speaker
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coyness
Definition
shy or pretending shyness
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personified
Definition
represent as a human being; be the embodiment of
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dialect
Definition
variety of language confined to a region or group
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simile
Definition
comparison of two unlike things with “like” or “as”
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anthology
Definition
literary collections
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Bay of Fundy
Definition
an arm of the Atlantic, between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
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