English Unit 3

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Abridge

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To make shorter
S: shorten, condense, abbreviate
A: expand, enlarge, augment

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Adherent

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A follower, supporter/attached, sticking to
S: Disciple
A: opponent, adversary, critic, detractor

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Altercation

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an angry argument
S: Quarrel, dispute, squabble
A: agreement, accord

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Cherubic

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resembling an angel portrayed as a little child w/ a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
S: angelic, seraphic, beatific
A: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish

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condone

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to pardon or overlook
S: ignore, wink at, turna blind eye to
A: Censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate

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dissent

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to disagree/disagreement
S: differ, dispute
A: agree, concur/ unanimity, harmony

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eminent

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famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
S: illustrious, renowned
A: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble

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Exorcise

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to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or oppressive
S: expel, dispel

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Fabricate

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to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
S: put together, devise, contrive, concoct
A: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish

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Irate

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angry
S: incensed, infuriated,enranged, livid
A: calm, composed, cool, unruffled

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Marauder

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a raider, plunderer
S: looter, pirate, freebooter

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obesity

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excessive fatness
S: serious overweight, extreme corpulence
A: emaciation, guantness, scrawniness

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pauper

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an extremely poor person
S: destute person
A: millionaire, tycoon

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Pilfer

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to steal in small quantities
S: filch, rob, swipe, purloin

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rift

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a split, break, breach
S: crack, fissure, gap, cleft
A: reconciliation

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Semblance

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a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
S: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade
A: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack

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surmount

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to overcome, rise above
S: conquer, triumph over
A: be vcanquished, be defeated, succumb to

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terminate

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to bring to an end
S: conclude, finish, discontinue
A: begin, commence, initiate

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trite

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commonplace; overused, stale
S: banal, hackneyed, corny
A: original, novel, fresh, innovative

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usurp

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to seize and hold a position by force orw/o right
S: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant

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climax

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the moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved. it is also the peak of emotional response from a reador or spectator and usually the turning point in action. it usually follows or overlaps with the crisis, though some use the 2 terms synonymously.

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tone

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the author's feeling about a book's subject

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mood

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a feeling or emotion of the reader during a specific description, setting, or characteriztion to tell what sets the mood. it has to do with the atmosphere of the book.

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context

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a way for you to understand what a word means

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setting

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the time and place in which a story is held; physical and social context is used to create the atmosphere

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social context

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assuming things about people or relationships by events or dialouge or thoughts

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physical context

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assuming the setting based on the literature

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suspense

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the anxiety and anticipation of a reader or audience as to the outcome of a story. it usually occurs when danger is presented to a character with whom we have formed an attachment

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Story plot diagram

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introduction, inciting moment, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution/denouement

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Introduction

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beginning, mood, tone, characers, setting, etc.

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inciting moment

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one event that causes other major events to occur

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rising action

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events that lead to the climax

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fallinga ctno

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events taht occur as the result of the clmiax

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cresolution

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end, resolves character's ocnflict

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Irony

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the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is

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irony of situation

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a happening opposite of what is expected/intended

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verbal irony

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contrast between what's said and meant

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dramatic irony

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the reader knows more than the character

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meter

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rhythm of a poem based on number of syllables in a line and their accents, described by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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alliteration

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initial sound of words are repeated in close succession

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assonance

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vowel in word matches one in nearby word, but diff. surrounding consonant sounds

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rhyme

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2 words sound alike, vowel sound the same, initial consonant diff

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metaphor-

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comparison w.o like or as, identify one object or idea w. another

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simile

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comparison w. like or as, one concrete and one abstract element

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couplet

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a pair of rhyming verse lines usually of the same length

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dialouge

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spoken between characters

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drama

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perforances where actors impersonate ctions and speech of fictional or historic characters for entertainment

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exposition

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exposition or argument of a subject

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foreshadowing

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events that hint at future events

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monolouge

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extended speech delivered by one person to others or alond on stage, directed at the audience

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personification

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figure of speech whre animals, ideas, or inatimate objects are given the characterizations of a person

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plot

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patterns of events in a story

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pun

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an expression created by humor using to meanings of the same word

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soliloquy

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a dramatic speech delivered by one character alone on stage, directed at the audience, revealing of inner thoughts or feelings

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tragedy

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serious play representing a disastrous downfall of a protagonist

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oxymoron

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figure of speech that fuses two contradictory ideas

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double entendre

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word or expression capable of two interpretations, with one sexual

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allegory

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symbolic use of names or actions in order to make generalizations about mankind(stereotypes)

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allusion

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reference to a famous person, place, work of art, piece of literature, or event