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British poets who were somewhat cynical liked to __________ the institutions of their day. They had to be careful, though: Satirists could be punished severely for making fun of those in power.
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“Well,” my father said, “you have to admit it’s __________ that we’ve found this house…or castle, or whatever it is. And it’s also fortunate that someone inside appears to be awake. Look---there’s a light on upstairs.”
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Eric, my brother, started talking excitedly, rambling on about various subjects that nobody else cared about. I think he was trying to hide his fear with his __________ speech.
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Conventional standards made women “weak and wretched,” Wollstonecraft wrote. She criticized such forms of __________ and urged women to “acquire strength, both of mind and body.”
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Wollstonecraft said that society and men’s attitudes toward women often kept women in __________ or ordinary situations, when, in fact, they were capable of exceptional achievements.
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The knowledge also suddenly came to me that the strange person—if the figure was indeed a person—was __________ and knew everything about me and my family.
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In the introduction to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft states that she wants to avoid “flowery diction.” One would not expect her writing to include _______ , but for her to call things what they are with honesty and directness.
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A variety of colorful individuals have contributed to Britain’s poetic heritage. One was Alexander Pope (1688-1744) who, although small and physically weak, was often aggressive and __________ in his writing, using words almost as weapons.
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