Unit 2: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  2. style
    a mode of expression typical of a person, group, or period
  3. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  4. figurative
    not literal
  5. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  6. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  7. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  8. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  9. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  10. cinematic
    pertaining to or having the qualities of a film
  11. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  12. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  13. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  14. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
Created on Tue Jan 12 08:40:43 EST 2021 (updated Tue Jan 12 11:38:56 EST 2021)

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