Unit 1 Vocab-8/28-9/1/17 Flashcards
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Context
(Surround)
Refers to circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation.
(From the word, ‘Context Clues’, to define a word using the words around it).
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Concise
(Simple)
To be brief and to the point
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Nuance
(Subtle)
Refers to a subtle difference or distinction in meaning.
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Function
Something is telling how something is used
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Negation
(Prove)
Showing what something is not in order to prove what it is.
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Coherence
(Orderly ideas)
The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in paragraph or essay.
Archetype
Character’s experience
A characters, symbol, story pattern, or element that it common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore.
Imagery
Description or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.
Setting
The time and place in which a narrative occurs
Point of View (POV)
The perspective from which a story is told
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external.
Mood
The overall emotion, which is created by the author’s language and tone and the subject matter.
Plot
The sequence of related events that make up a story. There are five main elements of plot: Exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Pacing
Time amount
A narrative technique that refers to the amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and the amount of time a writer takes to develop each stage in the plot.
Epic
A long narrative about the deeds of heroes and gods.
Tone
A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject
Diction
A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words
Denotation
Meaning
The direct meaning of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it.
Connotation
Implied
The implied associations, meanings, or emotions associated with a word.
Allegory
Extending
A literary technique of extending a metaphor through an entire poems or story so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equaled with meanings that lie outside the text.
