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Academic Vocab # 6

Academic Vocab # 6 - English 2 NC

TermDefinition
Setting The place and time that a literary or dramatic work takes place.
Short story A brief work of fiction that can generally be read in one sitting. Usually contains one major conflict and at least one main character.
Simile A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Example: She eats like a bird.
Soliloquy A speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stage. It is as though the character is thinking out loud.
Static character A character who undergoes no change; e.g., Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Stereotype A broad generalization or an oversimplified view that disregards individual differences. These can lead to unfair judgments of people on the basis of ethnic background or physical appearance.
Style How the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to form his or her ideas. Style is also thought of as the qualities and characteristics that distinguish one writer's work from the work of others.
Suspense A feeling of growing tension and excitement.
Symbol A concrete object used to represent an idea. Example: A black object usually symbolizes death or sorrow.
Theme The statement about life that a particular story is trying to get across to the reader. A theme is a message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
Tone The overall feeling or effect created by a writer's use of words. This feeling may be serious, humorous, or satiric.
Tragedy A literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some flaw within his character and/or by forces that he cannot control.
Tragic hero A character that experiences an inner struggle because of some flaw within his character. That struggle ends with the defeat of the hero.
Understatement A way of emphasizing an idea by talking about it in a restrained manner. Example: "Aunt Jean is prejudiced against snakes." (She was terrified of them.)
Voice An author’s or a narrator’s voice is his or her distinctive style or manner of expression.
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