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Final 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Exuberant:

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High spirited; lively

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Dynamic

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Energetic; forceful; influential

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Fastidious

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Hard to please; excessively high standards

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Imperturbable:

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Unshakably calm an collected

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Self depreciating:

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Criticizing oneself

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Novice:

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Someone new to the circumstances or work

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Integrating:

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One who seeks to bring him/herself into favor with another

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Repentant:

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Remorseful; sorry for past actions

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Imprudent:

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Unwise

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Introvert:

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One who holds ones thoughts and feelings inside

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Jovial

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Jolly

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Lethargic

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Inactive sluggish

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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Impertinent

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Rude; presumptuous

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Vulgar

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Crude; obscene; unrefined

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Shrewd

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Cunning; practical

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome; inclined to fight

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Conscientious

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Thorough and careful

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Gaudy

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Flashy and showy

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Melancholy

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Depressed; sad

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Diplomatic

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Tactful; deals well with people

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Impetuous

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Acting in a sudden force of emotion

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Parsimonious:

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Excessively frugal; stingy

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Brusque:

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Abrupt and curt in manor

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Vicissitude

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A change or variation occurring in the course of something

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Archetype:

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Pattern or symbol that shows up in cultures

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole

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Catharsis

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Purging of the emotions of pity or fear on the part of the audience

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Conventions

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Literary characteristics unique to a specific genre

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Dynamic character

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Changes as a result of the events in the work

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Allusions

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Reference to something familiar to most readers

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Denouncement

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Resolutions of conflict

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3rd person dramatic:

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Narrator reports the characters words and actions only

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Situational irony

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An action the opposite of what is expected

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Anachronism

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An event, object, custom, person or thing that is out if order in time

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Verbal irony

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When one says one things and means the opposite

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Epiphany

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Moment of personal insight

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Theme

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Controlling idea

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Foil

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Serves as a contrast to another character

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Exposition

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Sets the scene and introduces the situation

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Flashback

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A scene relived in a characters memory

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Motivation

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The reason a character believes what they do

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Climax

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The moment of greatest tension/ turning point

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Dramatic irony

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The audience know something the important character does not

45
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3rd person omniscient

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The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

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Antagonist

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Force opposing the main character

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Catalyst

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A character whose actions serve to change the course of another’s actions which leads to the tragic ending

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Conceit

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An elaborate figure speech comparing two seemingly dissimilar events things or situations

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or arrogance

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something it’s associated with

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Bildungsroman

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A type novel concerned with the education, development and maturing of a young protagonist

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Loose sentence

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A sentence that is grammatical complete before its end

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Periodic sentence

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A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the last phrase

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