Unit 1: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  2. revise
    make changes to
  3. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  4. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  5. foil
    a person or thing that serves to contrast with another
  6. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  7. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  8. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  9. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
  10. resolution
    the way the main complication of a literary work is settled
  11. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Created on Fri Nov 19 14:29:40 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jan 03 10:26:37 EST 2022)

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