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vocabulary 1
english 34
Term | Definition |
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allusion | an indirect reference to something |
ostentation | a display to impress each other |
theme | the main idea of a story poem novel or play |
profane | showing disrespect for scared things |
characterization | the description of a persons qualities or personality |
symbol | something that represents something else |
monologue | a speech by one character |
irony | deliberate contrast between what is said and what is meant |
setting | the time and place in which a work is set |
soliloquy | a long speech expressing the thoughts & feelings of a character who is alone on stage |
callow | immature, inexperienced |
banter | good-humored teasing |
vivacity | being very lively |
wanly | indicating weariness and weakness |
deplorable | wretched , very bad |