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| Denoument | the final solution, or outcome of the play or story |
| Monologue | an extended speech made by one person alone, with or without an audience |
| Parody | A form of literature intended to mock a particular literary work or its style, a comic effect is intended |
| Scansion | the analysis of the rhythm of any given verse |
| Adage | a wise, brief saying embodying a moral(maxim,proverb,aphorism) |
| Burlesque | a mocking or broadly comic imitation of something serious |
| Colloquial | of speech and imformal writing, conversational |
| Discourse | in general,all communication in language |
| Folklore | the customs,legends songs,and stories of a poeple or nation once handed down in the oral tradition |
| Motif | a character,incident, idea, or object that recurs throughout the same piece of work as significant |
| Realism | A way of representing life that emphasizes ordinary people |
| Redundant | Continued unnecessary use of words for meaning |
| Bias | prejudice |
| Copyright Law | a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information |
| Stream of consciousness | a technique of presenti ng a character's thoughts & feelings as they develope |
| Naturalist | one who adheres to naturalism, factual or realistic representation in art or literature |
| Conservationist | one who believes in the process of conversing and/or controlled use and protection of natural resources |
| Stifle | withhold,restrain |
| Pinioned | restrain |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Surly | gruff |
| Truculent | fierce, defiant, aggressive |
| Diabolic | wicked |
| Caesar | ruler of the Roman Empire, assinated in 44BC |
| Brutus | sentor of Roman Empire conspirator against Caesar |
| French Revolution | political upheavel that began with the storming of the Bastille in 1789 |
| Feudalism | political and economical system based on the control of land |
| Bastille | originally built as a fort to guard Paris, but later used as prison and stormed by an angry mob in 1789 |
| Aristocrat | nobleman or woman who supported monarchy in France |
| Deference | courteous respect |
| Infallible | perfect, right |
| Frugal | avoiding waste |
| denunciation | formally accused |
| sagaciously | sound judgment |
| Contentious | argumentative |
| succint | briefly stated |
| corroborate | confirm with other evidence |
| mollify | to soothe |
| sordid | ignoble or dirty |
| scottsboro trials | series of trials in 1930's in AL began with charge of rape made by white woman agaisnt African American men |
| garret | attic |
| impudent | impolite, sassy |
| hew | to cut |
