English 1st Semester Vocabulary
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- ALLEGORY
- literature that deals with abstract symbols
- Myth
- a traditional story, passed down through generations. Explains why the world is the way it is.
- Paradox
- saying that contradicts itself but has truth behind it
- Allusion
- an instance of indirect reference
- Proverb
- saying about life or human behavior
- Repition
- an instance of repeating or being repeated
- Incremental Repetition
- a line repeated with minor changes in the repeated part
- Personification
- giving an animal or an object human like characteristics
- Hyperbole
- an exaggeration for emphasis
- Figurative Language
- speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning
- Historical Narrative
- A narrative where the writer tries to capture a moment in history
- Primary Source/ Primary Account
- A first person account of a story or an event.
- Secondary Source/ Account
- A second hand account of a story or event
- Character Foil
- an authors link between two contrasting characters⬦but have something in common
- Internal Conflicts
- occurs when the main character is pulled between his desires and concious or between emotions or loyalites
- External Conflict
- a dispute between the main character and another character or nature.
- Fiction
- a made up story
- Non fiction
- a true story
- Historical Fiction
- a work in which the characters are fictional, but the setting and other details are from actual history
- Literary Letter
- written by someone who's famous; deals with history
- Metaphor
- a comparison between two dissimilar objects w/o using like or as
- Aphorism
- a proverb or maxim that relates to a common experience in life
- Connotative meaning
- meaning suggested by emotions triggered by a phrase or word
- Denotative meaning
- literal or dictionary meaning of a word
- cliche
- a trite, oversued expression
- dialect
- a specific language or form of speech used in a piece of work
- first person narration
- story from a person's point of view who refers to him/herself as "I"
- third person narration
- describe the story from a limited point of view
- Gothic literature
- lit. characterized by grotesque characters, bizarre situation, and violent events
- fable
- a short narrative, often with animal characters, that teaches a lesson
- Folk literature
- fictional stories told from generation to genereation; changes as it's old; for entertainment
- Flat character
- one dimensional character with a few easily defined traits
- round character
- multi dimensional character with many complex traits
- theme
- a one sentence, ideal phrase, that deals with the idea of a literary work
- setting
- time and place of a story
- Devotional literature
- written for Religious reasons
- Epic
- a long narrative poem about a hero's journey; a work that talks about the struggles/reforms of a specific group
- Legend
- story about mythical or supernatural beings or events