Types of Language by Patricia Finney

Definition: A succinct statement or observation that expresses a general truth or principle.

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Definition: A concise, clever, and often paradoxical statement.

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Definition: Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.

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Definition: Informal, everyday language or expressions used in casual conversation.

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Definition: Excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

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Definition: Using mild or less direct terms to describe something unpleasant or embarrassing.

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Definition: Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Definition: Relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect.

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Definition: Artificial, pretentious, or designed to impress.

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Definition: High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

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Definition: An overused expression or idea that has lost its originality.

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Definition: Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined.

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Definition: Concerned with morals or with making moral judgments.

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Definition: Using expressions that are natural to native speakers of a language, often not directly translatable.

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Definition: Specialized language used by a particular group or profession.

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Glass Castle Aphoristic Statement

2024-09-13 20:51:49 UTC

"'Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy'" (Walls 129)

Her mom is saying that life is a theatrical production in which we experience the good and the bad, similar to Forrest Gump's mother saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

Vulgar

2024-09-13 20:53:14 UTC

“If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” (66)

Pg 218-"She positively glowed as she told me about the hot meals and all the hot showers and all the friends she hade made. She'd even had a boyfriend who kissed her."

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“He broke windows and smashed dishes and furniture until he’d spent all his anger; then he’d look around at the mess and at us kids standing there. When he recognized what he’d done, he hung his head in weariness and shame” Page 112

Ari and Will

2024-09-13 20:56:59 UTC

“making ends meet is harder then you think.”

pg.197

227-"I elevated it, Dad said. He told Lori he would help her write a paper that would demonstrate that shakespreaer's play had multiple authors, like Rembrandts paintings. By God you'll set the literary world on fire."

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Salvi

2024-09-13 22:32:27 UTC

"You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them” (Walls 144).

2024-09-16 02:50:59 UTC

Maddy and priscella

""You think you better than us?" The tall girl asked." (Walls 139)

2024-09-16 03:38:15 UTC

Maddy and Priscella

"The glass castle would have solar cells on the top that would catch the suns ray's and convert them into electricity for heating and cooling and running all the appliances. It would even have its own water-purification system." (Walls 25)