English Story Vocab

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theme

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the idea of the story

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tone

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authors atitude in the story

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unreliable narrator

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a person who narrarates a story and gives there own opinion or twists the story

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verbal irony

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words that are used to suggest the oppo. of what is meant

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versmilitude

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appearance of reality in a story

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cannotation

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set of associations that occur to people wen they hear or read a word

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denotation

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dictionary meaning of a word

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dialect

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way of speaking in a place

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direct characterization

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wen an author tells u wat a character looks and acts like

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dynamic character

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a character that develops and grows during a story

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en media res

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beggining a story in the middle

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epic poetry

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long narrative poetry piece about a hero

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epithet

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o word of phrase used to characterize someon
" jumpin jack"

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exposition

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part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters, and situation

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extended metaphor

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a metaphor that can extend over multyple lines

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external conflict

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occurs between two or more characters or between a character and nature

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fantasy

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highly imaginitave story

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figurative language

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writing or speech not meant to e taken litterally

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hyperbole

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an exagerated statement

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fisrt person narrative

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story told by one of the characters in the story

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flat character

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not well developed only one or two personality traits

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foreshadowing

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hints about events yet to come in the story

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hubris

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arrogance caused by pride

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idiom

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an expression having a meaning that cant be udnerstood from the individual meanings of its elements or words

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inciting incident

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introduces the central conflict

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indirect characterization

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the writer lets you learn about the characters through their thoughts and action

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imagery

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portrait in words of a person or place

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inference

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a reasonable conclusion based on evidence in a story

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internal conflict

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occurs withing a character who possesses opposing ideas or feelings

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irony

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a contrast between an expected outcome and the actual outcome or between appearance and reality

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irony of situation

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an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience

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metaphor

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comparison in which one thing is spoken as if it were something else
"her eyes are sparkling diamonds"

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mood

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feeling created in the reader, often suggested by descriptive details

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narrative poetry

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poems that tell a story

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parallel structure

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repetition of words, phrases , grammatical structures

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personification

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nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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plot

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sequence of events in a literary word

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repetiton

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parallel structure, internal ryhme, end rhyme, end ryhme, alliteration, assonance

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round character

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fully developed character, shows many different traits

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science fiction

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writing that tells about imaginary events involving science or technology

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setting

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place and time of a story's plot

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simile

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comparison between unlike subjects using like or as

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static character

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a character that does not change during the course of the story

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stereotype

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a fixed and oversimplified idea of what a type of person or group is like

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suspense

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quality in a story that makes you keep reading in order to find out what happened

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symbol

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an object, person, idea, or action that represents something other than itself

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characteristics of an epic hero

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royal parents
intelligent
ability to perform extraordinary things
rich
strong

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the authors purpose

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to inform
persuade
entertain

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characteristics of an epic

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long
about a hero
narrative
crazy thing happen
long journey
imaginative

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what did homer write?

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illiad and the odyssey

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ray bradbury

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farenhite 451

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edgar allan poe

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the raven
the cask of amantillado

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william blake

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the poison tree

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Saki (H.H Munro?

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the interlophers

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richard connell

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the most dangerous game

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symbolism in farenhite

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mirror-self reflection
fire-eater of knowledge
phoenix-rebirth
river-cleansing/baptism
nature-heaven
mechanical hound-mis-use of technology

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montag and three mentors

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clairesse-(past) she always talked about how great the world ust to be
faber-present (talked about how world could change/improvements)
granger- future (wanted to store knowledge from books to keep for future)

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allegory

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story with two or more levels of meaning- one literal and one symbolic

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allusion

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reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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catharsis

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emotional release at the end of a tragedy

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character foils

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a character that provided a contrast to another character or situation

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climax

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high point in a story

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conflict

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struggly between opposing forces

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science fiction characteristics

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imagry
about science and technology

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characteristics of gods

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look like humans
strong
smart

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is farenhite a reflection to society

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yes

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negative view of technology

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distraction
eats away your knowledge

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positive view

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shorter to do things
gain knowledge
easier to do stuff