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purple passages

purple prose - writing that is more complicated and formal than necessary. There are long purple passages which distract the reader from the real point of the argument.

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a rite of passage

an activity or ceremony that shows that someone has reached an important new stage in their life, especially the start of their adult life. There's an element of danger to most adolescent rites of passage, whether they be driving, sex, alcohol or drugs.

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rite-of-passage

a rite of passage - an activity or ceremony that shows that someone has reached an important new stage in their life, especially the start of their adult life. This is not merely another dreary rite-of-passage novel.