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Vocabulary
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campaign
_a_p_i_n
(n)
a race between candidates for elected office
l_ag_
league_
(n)
an association of sports teams that organizes
matches
(n)
_ab_r
labor
any piece of work that is undertaken or
attempted
c_confer
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(v)
have a meeting in order to talk something
over
ggrant
_a_t
allow to have
(v)
_dwell
w_ l _
(v)
think moodily or anxiously about
something
_nt_
_t_ i_
entertain
provide amusement for
(v)
_contract
o _tr _ _ t
(n)
a binding agreement that is enforceable by
law
_earnest
arn_ _ _
(adj)
Characterized by a firm, humorless belief in
one’s opinions
_ yield
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give or supply
(v)
LIterature
Sp ecIfIc
juxtaposition
a literary technique in which two
or more ideas, places, characters
and their actions are placed side
by side in a narrative or a poem
for the purpose of developing
comparisons and contrasts.
“It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the
epoch of incredulity, it was the season
of Light, it was the season of
Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it
was the winter of despair, we had
everything before us, we had nothing
before us, we were all going direct to
Heaven, we were all going direct the
other way…”
Vocabulary
anaphora
the deliberate repetition of
the first part of the sentence
in order to achieve an artistic
effect
“O LORD, rebuke me not in thine
anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD;
for I am weak: O LORD, heal me;
for my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed: but
thou, O LORD, how long?”
apostrophe
A writer or a speaker, using an
apostrophe, detaches himself
from the reality and
addresses an imaginary
character in his speech.
“Is this a dagger which I see before
me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee!
I have thee not, and yet I see thee
still.”
“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye
are all about to mock me; if ye really
pity me, crush sensation and
memory; let me become as nought;
but if not, depart, depart, and leave
me in darkness.”