Unit 4: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. juxtaposition
    a side-by-side arrangement
  2. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  3. denounce
    speak out against
  4. caricature
    a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
  5. persona
    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, film, etc...
  6. voice
    the distinctive way a writer uses language to express ideas
  7. satire
    a literary genre that uses humor to ridicule human failings and vices
  8. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
  9. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  10. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  11. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  12. pun
    a humorous play on words
  13. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  14. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
Created on Fri Nov 12 13:58:38 EST 2021 (updated Wed Dec 01 08:56:51 EST 2021)

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