Jane Austen Writing Style – Flashcards
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antithesis
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an assertion immediately followed by a negation of its opposite
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appositive
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renaming of a noun immediately following the noun
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full character description
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physical, financial, homeplace, personality, age, and so forth
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complex sentences
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sentence containing an independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause
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compound objects
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direct objects or objects of prepositions that have more than 1 component
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compound sentences
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sentence made up of 2 or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction
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favorite vocabulary
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words (particularly adjectives or adverbs) that are used frequently in the text
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italics
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use of italic typeface to distinguish words or phrases from a block of text
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parenthetical
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phrase set aside by parentheses or dashes
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quoted indirect discourse
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quotation marks around non-spoken thoughts in narration; though not spoken aloud, thoughts may suddenly be quoted to intensify the point of view
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superlative
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the form of a word that indicates superiority over others of its kind; often signaled by the word "most" or by the "-est" ending
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understatement / litote
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use of a lesser expression than expected; often with the "not un-" construction
