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English 1 Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inspired | caused or influenced someone to do something |
| indifferent | don’t really care one way or the other |
| discourage | to try to persuade not to do something |
| contemporary | up to date; modern |
| generalization | a statement that is meant to apply to every individual in a group or class |
| gothic | a genre that creates terror or suspense |
| coexist | exist together |
| boasting | describing with pride; bragging; showing off |
| parallelism | to give two or more parts of the sentences a similar form so as to give the whole a definite pattern. |
| scholarly | involving or relating to serious academic study |
| factual | concerned with what is actually the truth rather than interpretations of or reactions to it |
| persuasive | having the purpose of convincing |
| dialogue | spoken words |
| monologue | an extended speaking part with others on stage |
| soliloquoy | an extended speaking part alone on stage |
| aside | a speaking part directed to audience |
| foil | A person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another |
| allusion | a reference to something from the past |
| comedy | a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity |
| tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, esp. one concerning the downfall of the main character |
| stage directions | a playwright's written instructions about how the actors are to move and behave in a play |
| flashback | a technique used to take reader to an earlier time in the plot |
| foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event |
| documentary | a movie or a television or radio program that provides a factual record or report |
| periodical | a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals |
| journal | a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity |
| memoir | an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people |
| propaganda | information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view |
| appeal | a writing technique used to attract the attention and sympathy from the audience |
| bias | how prejudice for or against (someone or something) unfairly |
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