Sb Unit 1 Vocab

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effect

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How one thing influences another.

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effective

Back 2

Refers to something that is successful in producing a desired or intended result.

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literary genre

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The category or class to which a literary work belongs: epic poetry, mythology, and science fiction are examples of literary genre.

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consequence

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Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition.

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denotation

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A word’s exact literal or dictionary meaning.

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connotation

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The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word, beyond its literal definition.

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stanza

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

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narrative

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Tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incidence.

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sensory details

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Language that appeals to 1 or more of the 5 senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

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figurative language

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Language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true; language used for effect, such as with personification, simile, metaphor, and hyperbole.

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characterization

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Is the methods a writer uses to develop characters, for example: through descriptions, actions, and dialogue.

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Coherence

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The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay.

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Internal Coherence

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Refers to the Coherence within a paragraph.

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External Coherence

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Refers to the coherence between the paragraphs and related to the entire essay. Transition words make the essay flow.

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Myth

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Traditional stories that explain belief ,customs, or natural phenomenon through the action of gods or heroes.

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Theme

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The central idea,message, or purpose of a literary work (moral).

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Metaphor

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A comparison between 2 unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing. EX: He is a computer when it come to math problems.

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Symbol

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An object,person,or place that stands for something else.

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols in a literary work.

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Objective camera angle

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In film, this is the equivalent to the 3rd person point of view in written texts.

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Subjective camera angle

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In film, this is the equivalent to the 1st person point of view in written texts.