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Vocabulary

Vocabulary . Eng III Unit One: Emerging Modernism . Modernism . Pg 1384 Literary movement Between the 2 World Wars (1914-1945) Works: high degree of experimentation Characters : alienated people searching unsuccessfully for meaning and love in their lives. Alienation .

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Eng III Unit One: Emerging Modernism

  2. Modernism • Pg 1384 • Literary movement • Between the 2 World Wars (1914-1945) • Works: high degree of experimentation • Characters: alienated people searching unsuccessfully for meaning and love in their lives

  3. Alienation • Emotional isolation

  4. Theme • Pg 1394 • Recurring element in literature • Central idea • Not obvious: must be inferred • Different readers can find different themes

  5. Irony • Pg 1382 • Contrast between appearance and reality 3 types: 1. situational: difference in what is expected to happen and what does. 2. dramatic: when readers know more about a situation or character in a story than the characters do. 3. verbal: when someone states one thing but means another.

  6. Symbols • Pg 1393 • Person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or feeling.

  7. Stream of Consciousness • Pg 1392 • Technique developed by modernist writers • Presents flow of a character’s seemingly unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations.

  8. marrow • Bone marrow • The inmost, choicest, or essential part

  9. Diction • A writer or speakers choice of words is called diction. • Diction includes BOTH • Vocabulary: individual words • Syntax: order or arrangement of the words Diction can be: Formal/informal Technical/common Abstract/concrete

  10. Figurative Language • Pg 1379 • Language that communicates ideas beyond literal meaning of words. • Figurative Language can make descriptions unfamiliar or difficult ideas easier to understand. • Include: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole.

  11. Simile • Pg 1391 • Figure of speech that compares two things using like or as. • Ex: Johnny is as stubborn as a mule.

  12. Metaphor • Pg 1384 • Figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common. • Unlike similes, metaphors do not use the words like or as. Metaphors made comparisons directly. • Ex: America is a melting pot. Don’t be such a pig. Leave some for the rest of us.

  13. Personification • Pg 1387 • Figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics. • Ex: The wind spoke her name.

  14. Hyperbole • Pg 1381 • Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. • Exaggeration for effect. Example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

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