Unit 1: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  2. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  3. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  4. transition
    a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows
  5. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  6. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  7. external
    happening or arising outside some limits or surface
  8. internal
    happening or arising within some limits or surface
  9. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  10. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  11. connotation
    the internal content of a term or concept
  12. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  13. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  14. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  15. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  16. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  17. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  18. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  19. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
Created on Tue Nov 09 11:53:08 EST 2021 (updated Thu Nov 18 10:44:21 EST 2021)

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