English Vocab And Literary Terms

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Alliteration

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The repetition of of a sound at the beginning in the middle or at the end of words

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Allusion

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A reference to a person place or event or an artistic work that the author expects a reader to recognize

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Antagonist

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The force or character a posing the protagonist

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Archetype

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A typical example of a type of person or thing

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Conflict

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The struggle between the opposing forces in the novel

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Connotation

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The words asociacion with an emotion

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Dramatic Irony

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When the reader knows something the character does not

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Dystopia

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An imagined place where everything is bad and typically totalitarian

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Imagery

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The language that creates an image in the readers mind

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike things

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which nonhuman object is given lifelike characteristics

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Point of view

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The vantage point from which a story is told

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Protagonist

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The main character in a literary work

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symbol

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A person place or thing that suggests something larger

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Theme

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The main idea of a literary work

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Tone

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The writers attitude toward his subject

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Topic

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The broad subject of a piece of literature

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Inscrutable

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impossible to understand or interpret

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Vicissitudes

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to change or alternate

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Contrite

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short

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Tacit

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To be implied

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Derisive

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Important decision

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Effigy

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a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger

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Diffident

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Timid

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Decorum

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decorations

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Impervious

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not allowing something to pass through

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Sanctity

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Holiness of life and character

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illusive

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hard to find always getting away

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theological

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Relating to god

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Myopic

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Near sighted

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Truculent

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Juicy

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Inimical

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not agreeing/ being adverse

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pall

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a covering of clouds warning of a storm

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Officious

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volunteering services when they are not wanted or needed

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acrid

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an irritating awful smell

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Ebullience

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intensely agitated

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Recrimination

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TO make a change in retaliation