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English Terms
Terms that you may come across in during an English Class.
Term | Definition |
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Climax | a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. |
Novel | a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism. |
Essay | are generally scholarly pieces of writing giving the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story. |
Shakespeare | was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. |
Citation | a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work. |
Ideology | a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. |