Unit 1: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. imperialism
    a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
  2. marginalize
    relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of groups of people
  3. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  4. perception
    a way of conceiving something
  5. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  6. criticism
    a written evaluation of a serious written work
  7. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  8. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  9. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
  10. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  11. response
    a reaction to some event or effect
Created on Tue Nov 30 13:25:48 EST 2021 (updated Thu Jan 20 12:10:54 EST 2022)

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