Unit 5: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. renaissance
    a revival of learning and culture
  2. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  3. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  4. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  5. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  6. indirect
    not straight in manner or language or behavior
  7. characterization
    a vivid verbal description
  8. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  9. folktale
    a traditional story or legend circulated by word of mouth
  10. review
    an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation
Created on Thu Jan 21 11:08:58 EST 2021 (updated Fri Jan 22 14:14:01 EST 2021)

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