Literary Vocab And Unit Vocab

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Jaunty

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carefree, lively, easy

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haggard

Back 2

thin and pale as a result of worrying or suffering

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unassuming

Back 3

modest, humble

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aloof

Back 4

withdraw, standing apart from others

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finesse

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delicate skill, tact and cleverness

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forthright

Back 6

frank, direct, straightforward

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ostracize

Back 7

alienate, banish

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premonition

Back 8

forewarning

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retentive

Back 9

able to hold or keep

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indiscriminate

Back 10

random

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frivolous

Back 11

of little importance

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peruse

Back 12

to read through carefully

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promontory

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high point of land extending into water

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staid

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serious and dignified, quiet or subdued in in manner

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perturb

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to trouble, make uneasy

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audacious

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bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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banter

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to exchange playful remarks, tease

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avowed

Back 18

openly declared, without shame

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glut

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provide more than is needed or wanted

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vie

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to compete, strive for victory

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enterprising

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energetic, willing and able to start something new

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oblique

Back 22

slanting or sloping

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venerate

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to regard with reverence

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wanton

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reckless, heartless, unjustifiable

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churlish

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lakcing manners, sensitivity, rude

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plaudits

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applause

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preclude

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make impossible, prevent, shut out

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vigil

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a watch, especially at night

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inciting force

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incident that starts teh conflict

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denouement

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incident in which the protagonist loses his struggle

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innocent narrator

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narrator who is too naive, and audience sees more than narrator

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third person limited narrator

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narrator is an outside who sees into the mind of only one character in the story

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literary fiction

Back 33

non formulaic, intelligent and serious fiction

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in medias res

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in the middle of things, refers to a story starting in the middle, and using flashbacks to reveal things before

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stream of consciousness

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narrator that presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation

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unreliable narrator

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a narrator who is untrustworthy, difficult to believe

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editorial omniscient narrator

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narrator who is all knowing that intrudes on the narration to evaluate a character

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impartial omniscient narrator

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narrator appears to be neutral, but is all knowing

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flat and round characters

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flat only has one or two personal traits, round has many personal traits

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stock and static characters

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stock = stereotyped character
static = a character who doesn't change

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theme

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controlling idea or central insight unifying generalization about life

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colloquialism

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speech that is informal or specific to a geographical area

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local color

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hints or references to a particular region

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atmosphere

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mood or feeling surrounding the events of a story

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dialect

Back 45

regional language distinguished by PRONOUNCIATION, GRAMMAR OR VOCAB

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locale

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place where specific events occur

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dramatic irony

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discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows

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situational irony

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discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment, or between actual situation and what would seem to be true

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sentimentality

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unmerited or contrived tender feeling, seek to elicit tears through over simplification, falsification, or reality

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editorialize

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biased writing that instructs how a reader what to think about an event

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poeticize

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writing that is intended to sway the reader's feelings

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figurative language

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language meant to be understodd in non-literal ways

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free independent style

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technique by which a third person narrator presents the thoughts of a character without saying "he thought" or "she understood"

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voice

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tone

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rhythm

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control of patterns or flows, any element that conveys movement, suspense and fufillment

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spatial order

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describes how things are phsyically related to each other

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generalization

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general principle or conclusion which is drawn from looking at all details

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objective truth

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authors present situations or events without giving their own opinion

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subjective truth

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authors incorporate personal opinions or experiences

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A&P

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John Updike

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The Destructors

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Graham Green

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In a Grove

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Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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The Three Spinsters

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Brothers Grimm

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A Rose for Emily

Back 64

William Faulkner

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The Masque of Red Death

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Edgar Allen Poe

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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

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Katerine Anne Porter

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Tell Tale Heart

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Everday Use

Back 68

Alice Walker

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Miss Brill

Back 69

Katherine Mansfield

Front 70

Hunters in the Snow

Back 70

Tobias Wolff

Front 71

The Lesson

Back 71

Toni Cade Bambara

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A Worn Path

Back 72

Eudora Welty

Front 73

The Open Boat

Back 73

Stephan Crane

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To Build a Fire

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Jack London

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The Storm

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Kate Chopin

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Barn Burning

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William Faulkner

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Six Feet of the Country

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Nadine Gordimer

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The Drunkard

Back 78

Frank O'Connor

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A Piece of String

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Guy de Maupassant

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You're Ugly, Too

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Lorrie Moore

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The Guest

Back 81

Albert Camus

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The Whore of Mensa

Back 82

Woody Allen

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A Clean, Well-lighted Place

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Ernest Hemingway

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Araby

Back 84

James Joyce

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Dry September

Back 85

William Faulkner

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The Dead

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James Joyce

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A Very Old man with Enormous Wings

Back 87

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Chrysanthemums

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John Steinbeeck

Front 89

The Ambivalance of Abortion

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Linda Bird Francke

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Graduation

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Maya Angelou

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Death and Justice

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Edward Koch

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The Death Penalty

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David Bruck

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Why I Quit Watching Television

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P.J. O'Rouke

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Sports and teh American Dream

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Jeffry Schrank