Unit 1: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
  2. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  3. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  4. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  5. transition
    a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows
  6. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  7. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  8. characterization
    a vivid verbal description
  9. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  10. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  11. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  12. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  13. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  14. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  15. figurative
    not literal
  16. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  17. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  18. sensory
    involving or derived from the senses
  19. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  20. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  21. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  22. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  23. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  24. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
Created on Tue Jan 05 12:27:28 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 15:48:01 EDT 2021)

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