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english vocab

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Analysis, analytical From two Greek roots: “ana,” meaning throughout and “lysis,” meaning “loosening.” Analysis therefore means a separating or breaking up of any whole into its parts.
Literature, literary Latin root “liter,”=“letter(s).” Literature means all writing in prose or verse, especially writing that is imaginative or critical (as opposed to factual reporting). word= writing considered to have lasting or permanent value analyze literature, yo
hinge words some words particularly useful for literary analysis refer to these as the “hinge words” of our thesis statements. Many of the hinge words have common roots,
express hw, to put into words represent by language (press out)
expose hw. lay open. make accessible or subjcet to understanding
evoke hw to draw forth and image or reaction (to call out)
evidence hw makes the meaning clear (seeing out)
reflect hw to mirror, express or show, (bend back)
reveal hw make known, disclose, display, show ( draw back a veil)
convey hw to transport or carry, make known or communicate (with way)
connote hw to suggest or associate an idea or feeling with the a word
theme words words that used to discuss theme, vary according to the ideas you find,
irony indication of an attitude or meaning different from what is stated
repression keeping under control or keeping in check
subtle difficult to percieve or understand (under a web)
elusive hard to express or define or catch ( out of the light)
unwittingly w/o knowing, w/o being aware
epiphany a sudden, intuitive, perception/insight to reality or meaning
conventional following sticking to accepted standards
ambivalent mixed feelings
omniscient all knowing and all seeing
frailty weakness, fragility
mortality the condition of having eventually to die
apprehension perception, understanding, or feeling of fore boding (to grasp or take hold of)
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