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Unit 3

Vocab Words from Unit 3: Narratives

Termdefinition
manipulate to manage skillfully and especially with intent to deceive
focus a center of activity or interest
persist to keep on doing or saying something : continue stubbornly
ponder wonder, to think over carefully
hypothesis something not proved but assumed to be true for purposes of argument or further study or investigation
acclaim praise, applaud
obedience the act of obeying : willingness to obey
vindictive likely to seek revenge /meant to be harmful
ingenuity skill or cleverness in discovering, inventing, or planning
narrative something (as a story) that is told or written
metaphor a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (as in the ship plows the sea)
simile a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as (as in eyes like stars)
thesis a statement put forth for writing, the main idea of an essay/paper
epic of, relating to, or being like an epic <an epic poem
narrative poem poem that tells a story
personification the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form.
onomatopoeia the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
rhyme scheme the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem (example ABAB)
rhythm a flow of rising and falling sounds in language that is produced in verse by a regular repeating of stressed and unstressed syllables
innovation the introduction of something new/ a new idea, method, or device
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