Unit 1: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  2. concise
    expressing much in few words
  3. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  4. function
    what something is used for
  5. negation
    a statement that is a refusal or denial of another statement
  6. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  7. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  8. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  9. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  10. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  11. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  12. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  13. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  14. pace
    the relative speed of progress or change
  15. epic
    a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  16. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  17. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  18. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  19. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  20. allegory
    a style in which characters and events are symbolic
Created on Thu Jan 07 10:56:28 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 15:49:17 EDT 2021)

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