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Unit 1: Vocab & Lit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| author’s purpose | the reason why a text was written. Three main purposes to an author’s passage |
| steeped | soaked, drenched, saturated |
| replete | completely filled with or supplied with |
| indiscriminate | choosing at random without careful selection |
| main idea | most important thought or overall position. The main idea or thesis of a piece, written in sentence form, is supported by details and explanation. |
| eminent | of high reputation, outstanding |
| voracious | desiring or consuming great quantities |
| author’s style | the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. Describes how the author describes events, objects, and ideas. |
| matron | an older married woman |
| abound | to exist in great numbers |
| technology | branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc. |
| automaton | a robot; a mechanical “person” |
| prognosticate | to predict or foretell a future event |
| sequence | A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other |
| theme | The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic |
| claim | An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt |
| summary | A brief statement or account of the main points of something |
| annals | historical records |
| realm | special field of something or someone; kingdom |
| compound | to increase or add to |
| paradox | a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true |
| tinge | a trace, a smattering, or slight degree |
| mystery | Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain |
| flashback | A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story |
| point of view | The narrator's position in relation to the story being told |
| conflict | A serious disagreement or argument, typically long in length |
| badger | to pester, nag, annoy persistently |
| implore | to plead urgently for aid or mercy |
| drudgery | unpleasant, dull, or hard work |
| interminable | unending |
| perceive | to understand, know, become aware of |
| audience | persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public |
| character | a person represented in a drama, story, etc. |
| dialogue | the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. |
| transition | movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another;change |
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