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English 10 (2013)
Novel Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dialect | way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people |
| Foreshadow | to present an indication or suggestion of before hand (hint of something that will happen) |
| Symbol | person, place, thing or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself |
| Complications | confused relation or parts |
| Resolution | course of action determined or decided on |
| Emancipate | set free |
| Suspense | the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story |
| Romantic genre | centuries ago in France & England a romance was a verse narrative about their adventures |
| Censorship | the practice of supervising conducts or morals |
| Racism | a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities; and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race |
| Conflict | the struggle between opposing forces that is the basis for plot in literature |
| Internal conflict | conflict of opposing forces in a characters mind |
| Allegory | narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities |
| Genre | type of literature |
| External conflict | conflict between a character and society |
| Historical romance | a subgenre of two literary terms, the romance novel and historical novel |
| Fiction | an invented story |
| Slavery | people are treated as property to be bought and sold and are forced to work |
| Slave trader | person engaged in slave trade - victimizes others |
| Skepticism | attitude of doubt |
| Prejudice | making a judgement or assumption about someone or something before having enough knowledge |
| Plot | series of related events that make up a story or drama |
| Style | the particular way in which a writer uses language |
| Protagonist | The character we focus our attention on - person who sets the plot in motion |
| Climax | turning point of a narrative work it its point of high tension or drama |
| Activist | effort to promote, impede, or direct change |
| Local color | focus on specific features in fiction and non-fiction |
| Autobiography | detailed description of someone's life; written by them |
| Biography | detailed description of someone's life; written by someone else |
| Novel | a long prose, narrative work of writing; main reason to entertain |
| Nonfiction | Fact-full writing - TRUE |
| Basic situation | start of the plot |
| Satire | type of writing that ridicules human weakness, or society's problem to bring about change |
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