English 1 Honors

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allusion

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reference to a statement made by a person, place or event in literature

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antagonist

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the character or force the protagonist struggles against and must overcome

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aside

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words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to overhead by the others on stage

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bias

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a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment; prejudice

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characterization

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the process of revealing a character in a story

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character motivation

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what propels a character to do, say, think in a story

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claim

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to assert, or maintain a fact

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clauses

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a group of words that contain a verb and its subject and is used as part of a sentence

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coherence

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logically integrated, consistent, and understandable; particularly in writing.

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comedy

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a type of drama that celebrates or satirizes the follies of characters

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conflict

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struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces

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connotation

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all the meanings; associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to some words, in addition to their literal dictionary definition of a word.

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denotation

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the literal, dictionary definition of a word

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diction

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a writer's or speaker's choice of words

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direct characterization

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when an author tells us directly what the character's personality is like.

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dynamic character

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character's that grow or change as a result of the events in the story

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evidence

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helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment; to indicate clearly

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figurative language

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language that contains or uses figures of speech;

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foil

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character who is used as a contrast to another character

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hyperbole

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figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

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indirect characterization

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when we have to use our own judgment to decide what a character is like, based on the evidence the writer gives us.

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inference

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a guess based on observation and prior experience

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monologue

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one person speaking

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mood

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a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes

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objective

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to be free of bias caused by personal feelings; bases on facts rather then thoughts or opinions

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parallelism

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repetition of words; phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea.

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plot structure

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series of interrelated events that make up a story or drama (exposition, rising action, climax)

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plagiarism

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not giving credit by citing the source/author when you use information and ideas you obtained from an outside source

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protagonist

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main character in fiction drama

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purpose

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the reason for which something is done, written, made, used, etc.

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soliloquy

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long speech which a character who is onstage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

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static character

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one who does not change much in the course of the story

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subject/verb agreement

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a grammatical rule that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject

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subjective

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to be partial; based on somebody's opinion or feelings rather that on facts or evidence

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theme

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central idea of a work of literature

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thesis statement

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a subject for a composition or essay

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tone

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attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience

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tragedy

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play that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.