English Vocab

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novel

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a long work of prose fiction

Hint 1

ordinary people

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plot

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a series of events that makes up the action.

Hint 2

ordinary people, story of a young boy's recovery by his attempted suicide after brother's death.

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satire

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writing that holds something to ridicule by combing humour and criticism.

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huck finn

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social satire

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involves mocking of human behaviour and social interaction to make a point.

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theme

Back 5

the themes about life, truth or humanity that the author presents.

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Pupose

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what the author aims to achieve.

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tone

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the author's attitude towards the subject, audience, characters.

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everybody loves raymond,
sleepy hollow

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characterization

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means by which the personalities of the characters are developed/

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holden is a sad, lonely kid

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flat

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one-dimensional, you know the character

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beth, ms watson

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round

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well-developed character, we know faults or virtues of them.

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static

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never changing

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dynamic

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changes, develops, grows.

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foil

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character that provides a striking contrast to another thereby highlighting the characteristics of each.

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vernacular

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the native as opposed to the literary language; the way the natives speak.

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local colour

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special atmosphere of a particular areas created through the dialects and description of customs, characters and their environment.

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oral tradition

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songs, stories...

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free verse

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poetry without regular rhythm, meter, or stanza.

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Hymns

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poem intended to be sung.

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Extended metaphor

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implied comparison in which one thing is presented point by point as if it were another.

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parallel structure

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technique that gives equal weight ti 2 or more ideas by expressing htme in the same grammatical form.

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refrain

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linie repeated in a piece (can sometimes be more than one line).

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oration

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formal public speaking often characterized by a blend of argument and emotion.

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eulogy

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public speech or written tribute praising the virtues, or achievement of a person, especially one who had recently died.

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rhetorical question

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question designed to produce an effect, usually emotional, and not an answer.

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dialect

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the manner of speaking of a particular individual, group, or a region.

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dialogue

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conversation between characters or speakers.

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idiom

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an expression peculiar to a language with a meaning different from its grammatical or practical usage.

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rhythm

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pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and other sounds that provide variety.

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foreshadowing

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dropping of hints to what will happen later.

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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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hyperbole

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an obvious and extravagant exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

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verisimilitude

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appearnace of truth ir reality in a work of fiction.

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repetition

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repeating key words or ideas to emphasize them.

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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning og words.

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symbol

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something that has own meaningm but represents an idea as well.

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ist person

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story told by participant who refers to self as, "I".

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3rd person

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story told by observer (who may have a minor role), and can also tell what other characters feel or are thinking.

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romana clef

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Work of fiction based on real people.

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epigraph

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the quotation on a title pafge of a book.

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conflict

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struggle between two opposing forces.

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Name the types of conflicts.

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* man v. self
* man v. man
* man v. society
* man v. nature
* man v. supernatural
* man v. fate

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affect

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a person's appearance.

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ruffled

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shaken; irritated, discompposure, or agitation.

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persona non grata

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an unwelcomed or disliked person.

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crisis

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a small peak of dramtic tension within a chapter.

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in media res

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in the middle of things, that's how things start.

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luck

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by chance, or randomness something happens.

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tableau

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living photograph. People frozen in different positions in a frozen moment of time.

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motif

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reoccuring idea or image.

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thesis

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central idea of an essay; the idea the author wants to communicate to the reader.

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genre

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type or kind.

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lyric poetry

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primarily expresses poet's emotions and thoufhts on a subject.

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narrative poetry

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tells a story.

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oral tradition

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songs, storiesm tales, and myths of a people handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another.

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rhyme

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repetition of vowel sounds and accented in succeeding syllables.

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enjambent

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reading poetry to the completion of an idea.

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stanza

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a group of lines forming a unit of poetry.

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motif

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recurring idea or image.

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universal theme

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one that crosses cultural and time barriers.

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myth

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objects or events, in the natural works as resulting from the action of some supernatural force or entity.

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personification

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giving human qualilities to objects, animals, and ideas.

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analogy

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comparison between two thins to show similarities.

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apostrophe

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direct address of an inanimate object, idea, or absent person.

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indicated by capitalized "O!"

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Caesura

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planned pause in a line of speech.

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foot

Back 65

basic unit of meter.