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36 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate |
V: to improve |
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deference
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N: submission to the opinions of others
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quail
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V: To pull back in fear
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crone
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N: an old woman
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evasive
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V: to avoid answering
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grapple
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V: to struggle or to fight |
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indignant
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adj: showing justified anger
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monstrous
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adj: enormous; big
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obstruct
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V: to block
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perplex
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V: to confuse
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reprimand
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v: to criticize harshly
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taint
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V: to corrupt morally
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vengeance
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n: the act of inflicting punishment or injury in return for an injury received
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wily
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adj: clever
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lechery
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sexual indulgence
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pious
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adj: devoutly religious
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pretense |
n: an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true |
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pallor
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n: paleness
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avidly
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adv: eagerly
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base
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adj: low; mean
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theology
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n: study of religion
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gingerly
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adv: cautiously
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blasphemy |
n: sinful act or remark
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Stage Directions
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provides information about costumes, lighting, scenery, properties, the setting, characters, and ways of speaking |
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Characterization |
the act of creating and developing a character |
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Direct Characterization
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The writer states the character traits |
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Indirect Characterization
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revealed through four distinct methods. 1. How the character speaks and/or behaves 2.Descriptions of character appearance or background. 3. what other character's say about the characters. 4. the ways in which other characters react to the character |
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Conflict
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the struggle between two opposing forces |
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Theme
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a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work. |
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Plot
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sequence of events in a literary work: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement (Resolution) |
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Dialogue
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Conversation between characters |
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Allusion |
reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work or work of art |
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Irony |
Three distinct types (dramatic, situational, and verbal) contrast between what is stated and what is mean, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens |
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Dramatic Irony
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Contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience knows |
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Verbal Irony
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A word or phrase that suggests the opposite of its intended meaning |
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Situational Irony
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An event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the character, the reader, and the audience |