Puritan Plain Style Definitions – Flashcards
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Puritan Plain Style
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Puritans favored simple, short words rather than long, fancy ones. They got to the point immediately, no exaggerated descriptions.
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Syntax
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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
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Inversion
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Reversal of the normal order of words, typically for rhetorical effect but also found in the regular formation of questions in English.
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Paraphrase
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Express the meaning of a writer or speaker or something written or spoken using your own words.
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Quench
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Satisfy a feeling of needing something.
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Recompense
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To reward someone for doing something for you.
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Manifold
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Something that can be done many ways.
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Persevere
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Persist in doing something, to overcome.
