english words xXx Flashcards

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Frankenstein

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the title character in Mary W. Shelley’s novel Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley

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english novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein

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Galvani

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An Italian psychologist who experimented with electricity.

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Pathetic Fallacy

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The sun was smiling upon her.

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Gothic

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a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting

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Genre

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a specific type of writing

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Grotesque

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really ugly

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Dynamic character

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one who changes and evolves throughout the story.

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Static character

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one that doesn’t change throughout the story

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Morally Didactic

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morally instructive, or intended to be so

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Ethics

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a system of moral principles that affect how people lead their lives

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Context

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the setting in which a story is written

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Philosophy

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a way of thinking about certain topics such as, time, meaning and value

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Hubris

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exaggerated pride or self-confidence.

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Personification

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My heart danced.

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Zoomorphism

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busy as a bee.

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Onomatopoeia

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Dramatic Irony

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where the reader knows something that the characters don’t

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Convention

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a way in which something is usually done.

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Byronic Hero

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EG Harry Potter .