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Vocabulary Words :D
EOC Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allusion | an incidental mention of something |
| symbolism | symbolic meaning or character |
| allegory | a representation of an abstract or spiritual |
| figurative language | of nature of or involving a figure of speech |
| metaphor | something use to represent something else |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared |
| analogy | a similarity between like features of two things |
| pun | the humorous use of a word or phrase to emphasize different things |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech by which a location produces an incongruous |
| irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the literal the opposite literal meaning |
| verbal irony | a figure of speech which is said it is the opposite of what it means |
| dramatic irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of drama |
| situational irony | irony involving a situation which actions have an effect |
| characterization | the act of characterizing |
| direct characterization | the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed |
| indirect characterization | the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed |
| round character | a character in fiction whose personality, back-around are fully delineated by the author |
| flat character | character in fiction who is not fully delineated |
| dynamic character | someone who changes on the inside |
| static character | someone who's personality stays the same |
| protagonist | the leading character (main character) |
| antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against the protagonist |
| foil | to prevent the success |
| epithet | a lazy; worthless fellow; a vagrant |
| archetype | the original pattern or model from which all things |
| extended metaphor | a metaphor introduced and then further developed |
| epic simile/Homeric simile | a simile developed over several lines of verse |
| flashback | a device in the narrative of a motion picture |
| foreshadowing | to show or indicate before hand |
| style | a particular kind, sort of type as with appearance to form |
| diction | style or speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| dialect | a variety of language |
| tone | quality or character of sound |
| mood | a state or quality of feeling at a particular time |
| theme | a subject of discourse, discussion |
| 1st person point of view | the narrator use "I", or "we" |
| 3rd person limited | tells the story from outside but though the eyes of a single |
| 3rd person omniscient | a narrative mode in which the reader character is presented the story |
| exposition | a large scale public exhibition or show |
| rising action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot |
| conflict | to come to a collision or disagreement |
| climax | the highest or most intense point in the resolution of something |
| falling action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax |
| denouement/resolution | the final resolution of the in intricacies of a plot |
| rhetorical devices | resource of language is a technique that an author or speaker uses |
| alliteration | the commencement of two or more syllables |
| assonance | resemblance of sounds |
| consonance | accord or agreement |
| meter | the fundamental unit of length in the metric system |
| free verse | a verse that does not follow a mixed metrical pattern |
| sonnet | a poem, properly expressive of a single |
| monologue | a form of dramatic entertainment |
| soliloquy | an utterance or discourse by a person is talking to himself or herself |
| paradox | a statement or proportion that seems self-contradiction |
| connotation | an act or instance of connecting |
| denotation | the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings |
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