English definitions

Question 1

allegory

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narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas

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allusion

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reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature…

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antagonist

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opposes or blocks the protagonist

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atmosphere

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the mood of feeling in a literary work

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characterization

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process by which the writer reveals personality of a character

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climax

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moment for the protagonist when the forces of conflict come together and the situation improves or deteroirates

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conflict

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a struggle between opposing characters

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connotation

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all the meanings or emotion that a word suggests

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denotation

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the literal dictionary def

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dialect

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way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region

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dialogue

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a conversation between people

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diction

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writer’s or narrator’s choice of words

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figure of speech

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word/phrase that describes one thing in terms of another

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foil

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character who is used as a contrast to another character

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foreshadowing

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the use of clues to hint whats going to happen later in the plot

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imagery

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language that appeals to the senses

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irony

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a contrast between expectation and what happens

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narrator

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one who tells a story

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persona

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mask or voice assumed by a writer

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plot

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series of related events that make up a story

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point of view

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vantage point from which a writer tells a story

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prose

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ordinary written and spoken languege

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protagonist

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the main character in a story

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satire

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a kind of writing that ridicules human weaknesses

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setting

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a time and place

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symbol

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a person, place, or thing that stands for both itself and something beyond

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theme

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subject of a conversation, journalism, or person’s thought

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tone

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attitude a writer takes towards a reader

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verbal irony

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a writer or speaker says 1 thing, but really means another

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situational irony-

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contrast between what we expect to happen and what actually happens

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dramatic irony-

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when the audience knows something the reader doesn’t