English 1 Unit 3
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| inspired | caused or influenced someone to do something
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| indifferent | don’t really care one way or the other
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| discourage | to try to persuade not to do something
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| contemporary | up to date; modern
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| generalization | a statement that is meant to apply to every individual in a group or class
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| gothic | a genre that creates terror or suspense
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| coexist | exist together
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| boasting | describing with pride; bragging; showing off
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| parallelism | to give two or more parts of the sentences a similar form so as to give the whole a definite pattern.
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| scholarly | involving or relating to serious academic study
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| factual | concerned with what is actually the truth rather than interpretations of or reactions to it
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| persuasive | having the purpose of convincing
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| dialogue | spoken words
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| monologue | an extended speaking part with others on stage
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| soliloquoy | an extended speaking part alone on stage
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| aside | a speaking part directed to audience
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| foil | A person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another
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| allusion | a reference to something from the past
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| comedy | a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
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| tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, esp. one concerning the downfall of the main character
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| stage directions | a playwright's written instructions about how the actors are to move and behave in a play
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| flashback | a technique used to take reader to an earlier time in the plot
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| foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event
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| documentary | a movie or a television or radio program that provides a factual record or report
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| periodical | a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals
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| journal | a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity
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| memoir | an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people
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| propaganda | information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
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| appeal | a writing technique used to attract the attention and sympathy from the audience
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| bias | how prejudice for or against (someone or something) unfairly
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