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| transcendentalism | a type of philosophy which stresses intuition, individualism, and self-reliance |
| essay | a brief nonfiction article that expresses an opinion on a subject |
| paradox | a statement that seems to be contradictory but is also true |
| figurative language | words that convey ideas beyond their ordinary meaning |
| style | the particular way a person does something is his style |
| Whitman's style | free verse, parallelism, word choice |
| free verse | lines do not rhyme; no meter, rhythm |
| personification | gives qualities of a human being to an object, animal, or idea |
| tone | a writer's attitude toward the subject of his piece |
| Whitman's tone/attitude | one of celebration |
