Finals Rhetoric And Composition Test Vocab

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Bildungsroman

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coming of age story

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protagonist

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a character trying to accomplish something

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antagonist

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a character/force trying to stop the protagonist

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foreshadowing

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hint of something to come, happens to keep the reader engaged in the story

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direct characteristic

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narrator directly describes the character

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indirect characteristics

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dialogue, physical description, setting, and other characters are used to highlight this character

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benevolence

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kindness

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suspense

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developing the inevitable

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ambiguity

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not clear, lack of clarity to engage reader

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imagery

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words that create mental pictures

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cynic

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negates people

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aperture

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doesn't stand for anything

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external conflict

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character vs another character

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internal conflict

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character vs. self

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persuasion

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to convince another person

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dilemma

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choice between equally bad options

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dramatic foil

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character with the opposite personality of the main character to highlight the main character

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aside

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brief comment, directed at the audiance

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monologue

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an extended speech in the presence of other characters, directed at them

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soliloquy

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extended speech directed to the audience with no characters present but the one speaking

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tragedy

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central character meets with a disaster, often death

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tragic flaw

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a character trait that destroys the character

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katastrophe

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overturning

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heroic couplet

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2 rhyming lines at the end of a monologue

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tragic hero

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a person who is good but critically flawed

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narrative poetry

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poetry that tells a story/ plot, character, setting, and theme

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repetition

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multiple use of a word or phrase throughout the poem

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refrain

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repetition pf a phrase or line in the same place in two or more stanzas

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parallelism

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repetition of grammatically similar lines

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Alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a line

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Assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds at the BEGINNING of several words in a line

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Internal rhyme

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occurs when words rhyme within one line

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onomatopoeia

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words that imitate sounds

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hyperbole

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the use of exaggeration to make a point

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personification

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giving human attributes to non humans

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simile

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a comparison using like or as

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metaphor

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a comparison without using like or as and is usually comparing something abstract to something concrete

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tone

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the writers attitude toward his or her subject

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mood

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readers attitude toward the subject

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connotation

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emotional value of words

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denotation

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"means"

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plot

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the unfolding of events in a story

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character

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a person in a story

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thesis

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a focused statement of position

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logos appeal

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logical, face of reason

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ethos appeal

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ethics, right and wrong

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pathos appeal

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emotional

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setting

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time and place in a story

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round character

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reader sees 7 different sides of the character

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Flat character

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reader only sees one aspect of the character

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dynamic character

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a character that changes

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static

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a character that stays the same