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week 7 vocab review
american literature
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Literature
Undergraduate 1
04/21/2019

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antagonist
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the character who works against the protagonist in the story
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conflict
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the problem or problems characters face in a literary work
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connotations
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something implied or suggested
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characterization
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how the reader learns about a character through what he does, says, or what the narrator or another character says about them
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denotation
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
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exposition
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The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story
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falling action
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events after the climax, leading to the resolution
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figurative language
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Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification
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irony
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witty language used to convey insults or scorn
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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mood
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the overall emotion created by a work of literature
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protagonist
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the main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
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rising action
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the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax
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simile
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
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symbol
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something that stands for itself at a literal level but which also suggests something (or several things) at the same time; frequently a concrete object or animal that represents a quality or abstract idea
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theme
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The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work
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Transcendentalism
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American literary movement of 19th century. Believed that intuition and the individual conscience transcend experience and thus are better guides to truth than are sense and logical reason
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Aphorism
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A concise statement containing general truths or observations about life. (Ralph Waldo Emerson famous for this style)
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Parallelism
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Repetition of grammatical structure
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realism
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the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly
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naturalism
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(in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail
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