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THE PLAIN AND ORNATE STYLES

THE PLAIN AND ORNATE STYLES. Pages 32 – 33 . Plain Style . A style of writing marked by simple words in clear order. . - E mphasis on nouns and verbs, the 'action' of the story. -The most important elements of the story, and this is what the Puritans focused on. . Ornate Style.

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THE PLAIN AND ORNATE STYLES

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  1. THE PLAIN AND ORNATESTYLES Pages 32 – 33

  2. Plain Style A style of writing marked by simple words in clear order.

  3. -Emphasis on nouns and verbs, the 'action' of the story. -The most important elements of the story, and this is what the Puritans focused on.

  4. Ornate Style A highly elaborate style of writing popular in England and early America in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. -Difficult vocabulary, intricate sentence structure, and complex forms of speech.

  5. -Focused on the descriptionof the action. -Used similes and metaphors to spice up the story.

  6. Archaic Outdated words

  7. Inversion The reversal of word order in writing. “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”

  8. Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray

  9. Predestination A Puritan belief that God decided whether you’d be saved or damned to hell prior to birth

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