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English vocab 1
english vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allusion | a literary reference to a familiar person, place, or thing |
| analogy | a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will also be alike in other ways |
| analysis | carefully examining a subject to gain understanding |
| anecdote | a short summary of an interesting or humorous incident |
| antagonist | the person or thing working against the hero |
| audience | the people who read or hear what you have written |
| aside | an actor speaks directly to the audience and no one on stage hears |
| ballad | a poem in verse forms that tells a story; songs and poems of the common people |
| coherence | the arrangement of ideas in such a way that the reader can easily follow from one point to the next |
| climax | the turning point, and usually most intense point, in a story |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in the story that triggers the action |
| man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. fate | 5 types of conflict |
| diction | the author's word choice |
| epic | a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of a hero |
| epitaph | a verse written in memory of someone (usually on a tombstone or shrine) |
| foreshadowing | hints of what is to come later in a story |
| irony | using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning |
| juxtaposition | placing two ideas (words or pictures) side by side so that they create a new, often ironic meaning |
| persona | the voice or personality an author assumes for a particular purpose |
| poetic justice | a term that describes a character "getting what he deserves" in the end |
| prose | writing or speaking in the usual form |
| protagonist | the main character or hero of a story |
| soliloquy | a speech delivered by an actor when he is alone on stage |
| symbol | person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else |
| theme | a statement about life that the author is trying to get across to the reader |
| transitions | words or phrases that help tie ideas together |
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