Unit 2: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  2. Socratic
    of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching
  3. seminar
    a course offered for a small group of advanced students
  4. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  5. illustration
    a visual representation to make a subject easy to understand
  6. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  7. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  8. controversial
    marked by or capable of causing disagreement
  9. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
  10. science fiction
    genre involving the imagined impact of technology on society
  11. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  12. antagonist
    the main character who opposes the protagonist in a narrative or play
  13. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  14. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
Created on Fri Nov 12 13:25:23 EST 2021 (updated Wed Dec 01 08:45:54 EST 2021)

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