Unit 6: Lessons 1–2

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 6, Lessons 1–2.
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  1. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  2. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  3. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  4. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  5. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  6. tableau
    any dramatic scene
  7. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  8. noblesse oblige
    the duty of the privileged to be honorable and generous
  9. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  10. circumvent
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  11. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  12. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  13. contemporary
    belonging to the present time
  14. global
    involving the entire earth
  15. infinite
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space
  16. simulated
    reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character
  17. virtual
    existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
  18. blank verse
    unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter
  19. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  20. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  21. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  22. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  23. voice
    expressing in coherent verbal form
  24. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Created on Tue Sep 01 13:49:19 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jun 21 10:12:33 EDT 2021)

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