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SOL Vocab #2 Eng. 11

TermDefinition
elements of literature Plot Setting Initiating Event Conflict Resolution (Denouement) Theme
Dramatic Conventions a set of rules which both the audience and actors are familiar with and which act as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character.
verbal irony when what is said is the opposite of what happens
dramatic irony when the audience knows something in a play that the actors don't know
situational irony when what is expected is the opposite of what happens
Generalization taking one or a few facts and making a broader, more universal statement out of them
Prediction educated guess
Inference educated guess using information from the text
Explicit vs Implied Information Explicit information is stated directly; implied information is not stated directly
Textual Support Support for your answer found in the passage
False Premises a line of reasoning that is not correct
Ambiguity being open to more than one interpretation
Contradiction two ideas that are opposite, or don't agree with each other
Paradox two statements that are true, but can't be true at the same time
Overstatement exaggerating
Understatement saying something is less than it really is
May 15th The date of the EOC Reading SOL :)
Created by: scthomas2
 

 



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