academic vocabulary
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Academic Vocabulary. English. allegory. Characters in a story represent a different meaning. alliteration. Repetition of sounds to create a mood. allusion. Figure of speech which references another piece of literature, art, history. anaphora. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Academic Vocabulary
English
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allegory
• Characters in a story represent a different meaning
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alliteration
• Repetition of sounds to create a mood
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allusion
• Figure of speech which references another piece of literature, art, history
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anaphora
• Repetition of word or words at beginning of sentence
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antagonist
• Character who opposes or is in opposition to the main character(protagonist)
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asyndeton
• Omission of conjuctions
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climax
• Turning point in the story• Things change here!
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conflict
• Disagreement between 2 or more characters/forces in a story
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Direct characterization
• Author tells us directly about a character
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drama
• Literature meant to be performed by actors on a stage with dialogue
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Dramatic irony
• Audience knows something the actors do not
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Dynamic character
• Character who changes throughout the story
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epic
• Story involving a long journey, supernatural hero, mythical creatures
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Extended metaphor
• Author uses a comparison throughout a piece
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fiction
• Writing from the author’s imagination
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First person point of view
• “I” tell the story
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Flat character
• Character with only 1 trait; not really developed throughout work
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genre
• Type of literature e.g. short story, poem, drama,
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hyperbole
• Figure of speech which exaggerates statements
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idiom
• Group of words which take on a totally different meaning in context
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Indirect characterization
• Author shows us about a character
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Man vs. man
• Conflict where one man has a problem with another man
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Man vs. society
• Conflict where a man has a conflict with the accepted ways of doing things
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metaphor
• Comparison of unlike items not using “like” or “as”
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monologue
• An extended uninterrupted speech by a character in a drama
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mood
• How you feel while reading a story
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nonfiction
• Writing which tells about real people and events without changing facts
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paradox
• Character with seemingly contradictory qualities
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parallelism
• Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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parody
• Style of a work is imitated for comic relief or ridicule
• E.g.-Saturday Night Live
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personification
• Giving inanimate objects human qualities
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plot
• Sequence of events in a story
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Point of view
• Angle from which story is told
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polysyndeton
• Numerous conjunctions used in between words and phrases
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protagonist
• Main character of a piece of literature
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pun
• play on words
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Resolution/denouement
• End of the story where the problems are solved
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Rhetorical question
• Question which does not expect/demand an answer
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satire
• Author pokes fun of a group in hopes to bring about change
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setting
• Time, place, and situation of a story
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simile
• Comparison of unlike items using “like” and “as”
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Situational irony
• Contrast between what happens and what is expected to happen
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soliloquy
• Dramatic speech where one character talks to himself and reveals his thoughts
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sonnet
• 14 line poem, 3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet
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Static character
• Character does not change throughout story
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syntax
• The way words are grouped together
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theme
• Central idea of a piece of writing, message of truth about life, must be one sentence
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Third person limited
• Narrator relates thoughts and feelings of only one character in story
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Third person omniscient
• Narrator reveals thoughts and feelings of all characters
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tone
• Author’s opinion or feelings toward a topic
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Vernacular
• Common language of the people