american romantics, gothic and transcendentalism
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taytaymill on November 22, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 melancholy | gloomy; sad |
| persecution | practice of oppressing or harassing with ill treatment |
| avarice | immoderate desire for wealth |
| usurer | one who lends money at an interest with high rates |
| speculating | engaging in risky bsiness in chance of winning big |
| propitious | helpful, favorable |
| ostentation | desplay ment to impress others |
| censurer | one who expresses strong disapproval |
| ambiguity | doubtfullness or uncertainty |
| zealous | ardently active, devoted |
| iniquity | gross injustice, wickedness |
| preternatural | out of the ordinary, supernatural |
| imbued | to impregnate or inspire with feelings |
| tremulous | quivering, to shake with fear |
| portend | to indicate in advance, to forshadow |
| satire | literary technique were foolish ideas or customs are ridiculed for purpose of improving society |
| unity of effect | when all elements of a story work together to form a single effect |
| plot | sequence of actions and events in a literary work |
| character | a person in the story |
| setting | refers to time and place action occurs |
| mood | feeling or atmosphere writer creates |
| symbolism/ symbol | person, place, or object thats concrete meaning and stands for something beyond itself |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of words |
| internal rhyme | a rhyme between words in the same line |
| anecdotes | a brief story that focuses on a single episode or event in a persons life used to illistrate a point |
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