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8 Cards in this Set
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bildungsroman
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a "coming of age" story where it moves from youth to adulthood
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satire
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when a piece of art uses wit and humor to attack weaknesses in people or institutions in order to promote change
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dialect
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variety of a given language characteristic of a particular group
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prejudice
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having preconceived bias, judgment, or convictions about another person, people group, experience, belief system, etc.
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racism
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the belief that differences in value and ability can be attributed to race; placing one's own race as superior to others
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censorship
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the practice of preventing painful or disturbing thoughts from the consciousness of others; removing undesirable aspects of a piece of art
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microcosm
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a "little world" that is intended to be representative of a greater "world"; when a larger society is represented in a smaller depiction
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discrimination
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treatment based on prejudice rather than individual merit
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