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SAT Vocabulary Week #4
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/05/2013

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abstract
Definition
brief summary of work
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anachronism
Definition
thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists
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Apollonian
Definition
Comparison to Dionysian(apollo), the greatest of all characteristics
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bard
Definition
a poet, performer that told heroic stories
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burlesque
Definition
literature made to ridicule a thing
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car·i·ca·ture
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comically or grotesquely exaggerated
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de·noue·ment
Definition
final part of a play
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eu·pho·ny
Definition
pleasing to the ear
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explication
Definition
making clear
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hom·i·ly
Definition
a sermon
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in·fer·ence
Definition
conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
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mock epic
Definition
parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature that is good.
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rhetorical stance
Definition
attitude toward the topic
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stream of con·scious·ness
Definition
writer tries to recreate the flow of thoughts in their head
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tran·si·tion
Definition
word used to link ideas
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