| A | B |
|---|
| dialogue | words characters speak |
| stage directions | indicates where a scene takes place, what it should look like, and how the characters should move and speak |
| dramatic exposition | conveys critical information about a play's settings, props, characters, and even historical or social context |
| questioning characters' motives | a characters reason for behaving as they do |
| predilection (n.) | pre-existing preference |
| ingratiating (adj.) | charming or flattering |
| dissembling (n.) | disguising one's real nature or motives |
| calumny (n.) | false accusation; slander |
| inculcation (n.) | teaching by repetition and urging |
| propitiation (n.) | action designed to soothe or satisfy a person, a cause, etc. |
| licentious (adj.) | lacking moral restraint |
| "Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?" is an example of | dialogue |
| "The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams" is an example of | stage directions |
| pronoun case in incomplete constructions | being uncertain about which form of pronoun to use |
| "They want slaves, not such as I (instead of as I am) | example of pronoun case in incomplete constructions |
| allusion | reference within a work to something outside the work |
| reference to "New Jerusalem" | allusion to holy city of heaven |
| historical context | the key factors of life in the time pperiod in which a literary work is set |
| read a drama | read stage directions (instead of watching the action and staging) |
| pallor (n.) | paleness |
| ameliorate (v.) | make better |
| avidly (adv.) | eagerly |
| base (adj.) | low; mean |
| deference (n.) | courteous |
| theology (n.) | the study of religion |
| Puritan allusion | Biblical based |
| introductory word comma use | set off a mild interjection or another interrupter that introduces a sentence |
| Example: "Oh, you're not done then." | introductory word comma use |
| dramatic irony | there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true |
| verbal irony | a character says one thing and means something quite different |
| logical fallacy | an idea or argument that appears logical though it is based on a completely faultry premise |
| categorize the characters | reading strategy to keep characters straight |
| contentious (adj.) | argumentative |
| deposition (n.) | the testimony of a witness made under oath but not in open court |
| imperceptible (adj.) | barely noticeable |
| deferentially (adv.) | in a manner that bows to another's wishes; very respectfully |
| anonymity (n.) | the condition of being unknown |
| prodigious (adj.) | of great size, power, or extent |
| effrontery (n.) | shameless, boldness |
| confounded (v.) | confused; dismayed |
| incredulously (adv.) | skeptically |
| blanched (adj.) | paled; whitened |
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. When Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself. | dramatic irony |
| The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: | verbal irony |
| If "experts" could always be trusted to make the right moral decision, then public participation would not be necessary—but they cannot be, and so it is. | logical fallacy example |
| inverted sentence | a sentence in which a verb comes before the subject |
| Now there are no spirits attacking her. | inverted sentence example |
| theme | central idea or insight into life that a writer strives to convey in a work of literature |
| extended metaphor | comparison that is developed throughout the course of a literary work |
| Miller's imagery of the 17th C. witch hunt in Salem builds a comparison to eents of the late 1940s and early 1950s in America | extended metaphor |
| applying themes to contemporary events | parallel between the events in Salem, as Miller depicts them, and ongoing events in Congress at the time Miller wrote the play |
| agape (adj.) | wide open |
| conciliatory (adj.) | tending to soothe anger |
| beguiled (v.) | trick |
| floundering (n.) | awkward, struggling |
| retaliation (n.) | act of returning an injury or wrong |
| adamant (adj.) | firm; unyielding |
| cleave (v.) | adhere; cling |
| sibilance (n.) | hissing sound |
| tantalized (adj.) | tormented; frustrated |
| purged (v.) | cleansed |
| raise and rise | commonly confused words |
| raise (v.) | to lift up (takes a direct object) |
| rise (v.) | to go up or get up (doesn't take a direct object) |
