English Vocab. (list B)
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- Allegory
- A story with more than one level of meaning, usually teaches a moral or a lesson
- Apostrophe
- Writer speaks directly to an idea, quality, object, or person not present
- Citation
- quote authorative sources, page numbers in a source
- Colloquial
- Characteristic to a particular region; informal in diction or style
- Connotation
- Emotional meaning of a word
- Denotation
- Explicit, literal, dictionary meaning of a word
- Digression
- To stray from the point
- Dynamic character
- One who changes in personality or attitude during the story
- Ellipsis
- Omission of words necessary for the complete construction but not necessary for understanding
- Idiomatic
- Cannot be translated literally; characteristics of a given language
- Irony
- Contrast between expected/unexpected, what is stated/meant
- Metaphor
- Comparison between dissimilar things
- Meter (poem)
- Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse
- Parable
- Simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson
- paradox
- contradicting truth
- Persuasion
- speaking/writing intended to influence actions of another
- Protagonist
- Central or sympathetic character
- Resolution
- Final unraveling of plot and conflicts
- Speaker
- The voice in a poem- character or poet?
- Static character
- A character who does not change during the coarse of the story
- Syllogism
- Formula for presenting an argument logically
- Symbolism
- Use of an object that maintains its own meaning and stands for something else
- Theme
- The main idea
- Tone
- Attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader
- Trite
- Overused; Commonplace; cliche
- Turning point
- Crucial moment when fate is sealed and ending will be happy/unhappy
- Understatement
- Saying less that what is meant