On the instructions it says..*strikes pose* "Be certain you define the literary form of the word." Right. Ok. What does that mean, exactly? -.-U
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Help is hard with this one, but no one else has come forward for you, so I'll try.
I don't think "strikes pose" is used at all, but there is a phrase "strikes a pose".
Normally, when someone says "the literary form", they mean the form you would find in serious literature, not the street form. (Some years ago, my neighbor's kid looked at my favorite cat, and said, "that cat is baaaad!" He meant it was a really outstanding cat. In Literary language, of course, he would have meant the cat was nasty or evil. Does that help?)
O.K., so the problem with "stikes a pose" is that I don't know it to have any meaning other than a literary one -- who else uses that with some other meaning?
But in literature, when somebody "strikes a pose", they are putting on an act, usually a superior one, or it could be an ironic or funny one, like someone acting out someone else's mannerism. Let's say you are giving a surprise party at your house for your best friend. She knows some other people are there, but she has no idea it's for her. So when the time comes to break the news, you get up, stand in front of the fireplace, and strike a pose to get everone's attention. Can you picture it? You might look kind of mysterious. You definitely need to say something interesting to get everyone's attention. You want everyone realizing that this is something special happening. You're not just being your ordinary low key self. You're striking a pose.
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