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UNIT 2 Vocabulary for Mrs. Roebuck
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English
9th Grade
04/29/2010

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author's craft
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specific techniques that an author chooses to relay an intended message (e.g. figurative language, tone, flashback, imagery, irony, word choice, and dialogue
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baseword
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stem-the part of the word to which we attach and affix
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bandwagon
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a propoganda technique that appeal to others to join the crowd in order to be on the winning side
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Bias
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a personal and largley unreasoned judgement either for or against a particular person, position; a prejudice
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blank verse
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unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter (5 pairs of syllables )
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card stacking
Definition
propoganda technique where keywords or statistics are used to slant the message
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central Idea
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cheif topic; key point made in a written passage
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Character
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individuals who participate in the action of a literary work
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characterization
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a way a writer creates and developes characters personalities (what a character says, does, thinks; what a narrator tells you; physical appearance; what other characters say about him
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Climax
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the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak, a turning point of the story
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