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Terminolocy - Dano's Final
English Vocabulary Words
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English
10th Grade
01/18/2010

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Allegory
Definition
There is a central distinct, figurative, symbolic message to the story.
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Analogy
Definition
A distinct comparison between two thoughts. (A type of simile.)
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Characterization
Definition
how a character is described in the story.
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Connotation
Definition
Words, idea, thoughts, or images associated with a particular word or idea. (Black connotes death.)
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Dialect
Definition
Specific way of speaking, unique to a specific geographical region.
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Diction
Definition
Distinctive vocabulary the author/speaker uses.
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Foreshadow
Definition
A warning (provide a hint) predicting a future event.
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggerated statements.
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Incongruity
Definition
Two ideas that contradict each other.
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Irony
Definition
Distinct difference between expectations and consequences. Or, the difference between surface meaning, and actual meaning.
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Metaphor
Definition
- Figurative connection between two unlike ideas. (My love is a burning furnace.)
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Simile
Definition
(My love is like a burning furnace.) Connection between two unlike ideas using like or as.
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Paradox
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Two ideas that seemingly contradict each other but yield some sort of truth. (Everything is nothing. Nothing is everything.)
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Personification
Definition
giving inanimate objects human characteristics.
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Symbol
Definition
A concrete representation of something inconcrete.
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Tone
Definition
Mood or atmosphere of a piece created by the story, words in the story, or moral of the story.
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Archetype
Definition
An original, specific, classic prototype/model (The lonely cowboy, etc.).
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