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Eng7 Propaganda and Politics

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medium   artistic form of communication; examples include film  
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plot   what happens in a story; the sequence of events  
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act   An act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action  
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audience   the intended readers to whom the author is writing  
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climax   the point of highest action in a story; the turning point  
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conflict   a clash or struggle between people  
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connotation   a shade of meaning in a word or phrase that makes it different from other words or phrases with similar meanings  
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contrive   create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill  
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critical   involving careful analysis and judgment  
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denotation   the dictionary meaning of a word or phrase  
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drama   another word for play  
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emotional appeal   an argument that tries to persuade by affecting people’s feelings  
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entreat   ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something  
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foreshadowing   a technique authors use to give clues about or to suggest what is going to happen  
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impart   make (information) known; communicate  
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inference   a guess or conclusion based on evidence and clues  
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loaded language   biased words used to stir up positive or negative feelings  
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logical fallacy   false logic caused by an error in reasoning  
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media   a form of communication  
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metaphor   a figure of speech that suggests or states a comparison between two unlike things  
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meter   the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm  
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mood   the emotions or feelings that are conveyed in a literary work  
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oration   a formal public speech  
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propaganda   the use of ideas  
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purpose   the reason for writing  
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resolution   the solution or working out of a literary conflict  
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rhetoric   the art of using language skillfully and persuasively  
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rhythm   a regular pattern of sound and beats within a poem  
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scene   A scene is a part of an act defined with the changing of characters.  
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script   the written text of a play  
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subplot   a story line or plot that is secondary to the main plot  
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synthesize   combine or blend to make something new  
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theme   the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader  
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tone   the writer's attitude toward the topic or subject  
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