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Dec 2, 2009
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demotic
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Your friend Joan asks you to read the draft of her latest novel. Immediately, its demotic language attracts you. You love

a.) experimental writing, even if it makes it sometimes hard to follow the plot.

b.) the accents, speech patterns, and colorful expressions of the American South.

c.) the atmospheric and melodramatic narration style that typifies works about the occult.



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