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Sophomore Vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plagiarism | copying someone else's work and presenting it as if it is your own |
| turmoil | commotion, chaos |
| vague | unclear |
| cohesion | sticking together to create a unified whole |
| perpetual | not stopping, continuing indefinitely |
| ravage | devastate |
| scarcity | not enough of a resource |
| variable | a factor or thing that varies or changes |
| fragment | a piece, not a whole |
| paraphrase | rewriting in your own words, approximately same length as original |
| summary | shorter version of the original using only the main points |
| quote | word for word copy of a sentence or passage with quotation marks and a citation giving credit to the source |
| quiet | not making noise |
| quit | stop |
| quite | very |
| etymology | word origin |
| soliloquy | long solo speech given by a character alone on stage about his/her internal conflict |
| aside | when a character breaks the fourth wall to tell the audience a "secret" |
| archetype | a recurring character type or symbol that is typical across literature from various time periods and genres |