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| Consciousness- noun | awareness; all of a persons thoughts, feelings, and impresssions. This word includes conscious, meaning "aware" and the noun-forming suffix -ness |
| Capacity- noun | a position; a function. This word is more often used to mean "the amount of space that can be filled," |
| Emphatic-adj | very definite; done with force. The verb emphasize and emphasis are related words. |
| Depleted-verb | which means "to empty or to use up." "reversal," "to fill" |
| Intuition-Noun | The ability to understand a situation or event without reasoning. This word can also refer to the understanding itself |
| Mercenaries-Noun | people hired to be soldiers. The word is also applied to people who will do anything for money. |
| Imperceptible- adj | not clear or plain to the senses or the mind. |
| Glancing-adj | a form of to glance, which means "to strike, or hit at an angle rather than straight on" |
| Congregation-noun | a group of people peacably gathered for a specific purpose. |
| Intrigued-Verb | which means "to excite interest" "to plot." |
| averted-verb | . which means "to turn away" |
| seething-adj | which means "to be violently agitated or disturbed" this word also means "to boil or to foam as if boiling" |
| affirmation-noun | the act of declaring something to be true. This word is formed by adding the noun-forming suffix -ation to the verb affirm |
| stealthily-adverb | in a secretly or sly manner. |
| Methodically-adverb | in an orderly or systematic manner. The adjective form of this word is ______, which means "according to a method" |
| tethered-verb | which means "to fasten or to hitch". This word can also refer to the rope or strap used for hitching or tying |
| to stampede-verb | to run as a group in a confused, headlong manner. This word is usually applied to horses or cattle |
| secluded-adj | isolated; private. This word has evolved from the verb to _____, which means "to isolatej or hide from others" |
| Fusillade-Noun | many shorts of firearms at the same time or rapidly and continously This word can also mean something like a fusillade, such as a fusillade of questiosn. |
| zenith-noun | the highest point. This word can also mean the point in the sky that is directly overhead |
| Antagonist | a character or a force in conflict whi a main character or protagonist |
| allusion | a reference to a well-known person,evnt, place, literary, work, or work of art. They connect literary works to a larger cultural heitage. they allow the writer to express complex ideas without spelling them out. Understanding what a literarly work is saying often depends on recognizing its allusions and the meanings the suggest |
| Camera Direction | Shown in screenplays that describes the types camera shot being shown in a movie. It helps the reader imagine what is happening |
| Indirect Characterization | the five methods are; 1. the characters actions, 2. the characcters thoughts, 3. the characters words, 4. the characters appearance and 5. the words and reactions of other characters. Its when the writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions about the characters traits. Sometimes the writer tells what other participants in the story say and think about the character. |
| Direct Characterization | when a writer states the characters traits, or characteristics |
| Dialect | the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group |
| Dialogue | the conversation between characters in poems, novels, and short stories. ____ is usually set off by quotation marks to indicate a speakers exact words |
| Drama | A story written to be performed by actors |
| Dilemma | occurs when the characters must choose between or among actions that will have negative consequences |
| Dramatic Irony | when the audience is aware of something that the character or speaker is not |
| Dynamic Character | One who changes or grows during the course of the work |
| Reversal | Occurs within the plot of a story or drama. a character is in a very good situation when suddenly something happens to make the situation very dangerous or tragic. a reversal can also be the opposite. A character can be in a very bad situation when suddenly something occurs to move the situation much better and more positive. The write wants the reader or audience to respond to reversals with fear and concern or relief |
| Foreshadowing | authors use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
| Motifs | the repeted use of settings, characters, words, phrases, numbers, etc. to emphasize a specific idea the author wishes to convey. often the theme of the literay work ______ can be unique to one piece of literature familiar wihtin one culture or revelent among many cultures |
| Introduction/Exposition | the part of the work that introduces the characters setting, and basic situation |
| Initiating event | The event that introduces the central conflict. The reader understands what problem the characters must resolve |
| Complications | events or interactions that creat the suspense in the rising action. These events challenge the character and/or prevent the character from solving his/her conflict easily |
| Climax | The highpoint in the actions of the plot. THe moment of greatest tension. When the outcome of the plot hangs in the balance |
| Resolution | the outcome of the conflict in a plot |
| Protagonist | main character in a literary work. often is a person, but sometimes can be an animal |
| Screenplay | the scipts for films. Include camera angles and can allow for more scene changes than a stage play |
| Setting | the time and place of the action |
| stage directions | notes included in a drama to describe how the work is be performed or staged. |
| Static Charactes | one who does not change |
| Suspense | a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work |
| Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| Universal theme | a message about life that is expressed regularly in many different cultures and time periods |
