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S1 Dictionary Terms Flashcards

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1
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A coming of age story

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Bildungsroman

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2
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‘Dark’, negative moods are used in the story

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Gothic Novel

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3
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A balance

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Foil

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4
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The actual definition of a word

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Denotation

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5
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The mood or emotional impact of a word

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Connotation

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#

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7
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Vivid description using the five senses

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Imagery

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8
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Reference to a book or text

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Allusion

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9
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the basic template for all great stories

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The Hero’s Journey

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10
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Character is good, fights evil, but flawed

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Archetypal Hero

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ex. fairy, earth, evil

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Archetypal Mother

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of a poem/verse

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Rhyme Scheme

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13
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Rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Meter

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14
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A pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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Iamb

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15
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The emotion the reader feels

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Mood

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16
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The attitude the author has towards a subject

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Tone

17
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A distraction

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Red Herring

18
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Appeal to common and ordinary people

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Plain Folks

19
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A transfer of everyone’s values onto a candidate by association (ex. Rosie the Riveter)

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Transfer Association

20
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Vague statements designed to have a positive impact

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Glittering Generalities

21
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Doing what the group does

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Bandwagon

22
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Acting personally offended by somebody

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Personal Incredulity

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Emotional Appeal

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Pathos

24
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Word or reason

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Logos

25
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Credibility of Speakers

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Ethos

26
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Words that ave a strong connotation

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Loaded Words

27
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A reader’s response to a text regardless of the circumstances under which the book was written

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Reader Response Literary Criticism

28
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When the narrator in the book comes across as untrustworthy

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Unreliable Narrator (POV)

29
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Unrhymed, iambic pentameter

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Free verse

30
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The turning point in a poem

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Volta

31
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A long speech by one character

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Monologue

32
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One speech made by one character who believes they are alone on stage

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Soliloqy

33
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Comment made by a character that only the audience can hear

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Aside

34
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Audience knows something that the characters don’t

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Dramatic Irony

35
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Characterization without direct evidence

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Indirect Characterization

36
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Judging literature by social/economic class // whether or not things are fair for people

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Marxist Literary Criticism

37
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The idea that if you work hard you will succeed no matter who you are

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American Dream

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