Unit 6: Lessons 4–5

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 6, Lessons 4–5.
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  1. script
    a written version of a play or other dramatic composition
  2. cast
    select to play a part in a performance
  3. blocking
    the precise staging of performers’ positions and movements
  4. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  5. costume
    furnish with unusual or period attire, as for a film or play
  6. open letter
    a letter of protest
  7. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  8. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  9. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  10. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
  11. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  12. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  13. message
    what a communication that is about something is about
  14. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  15. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  16. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  17. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  18. strive
    exert much effort or energy
  19. constitute
    compose or represent
  20. inhuman
    without compunction or compassion
  21. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  22. fixed
    unmoving
  23. unassailable
    impossible to attack
Created on Tue Sep 01 15:33:29 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Apr 05 16:16:03 EDT 2021)

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