Concepts Flashcards
Cultural assimilation
When a person adopts the beliefs/customs of a dominant community, losing their own culture in the process.
Syntax
Is the grammatical structure of words/phrases to create coherent sentences.
Conjunctions
A word that join other words or phrases of words.
Connotations
The emotions or associations that surround a word.
Social constructs
An idea that’s created/accepted by the people in a society.
Archetype
A character, action, or situation that represents universal patterns of human nature.
Diction
An author’s choice of words.
Memoirs
An account of the personal experiences from an author.
Narrative pacing
To speed up the pace, use shorter sentences. To slow down the pace, use longer sentence.
Personas
A person’s social front.
Double consciousness
A term describing the internal conflict experienced by subordinated groups in an oppressive society.
