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Vocab #2
Badrigian 9th
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English
Not Applicable
03/02/2005

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concrete
Definition
something you can see and touch
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connotation
Definition
overtones or suggestions of additional meaning
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conundrum
Definition
puzzling and difficult to figure or understand
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crisis
Definition
moment of high tension that comes before the climax
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denotation
Definition
meaning as defined in a dictionary; a fact
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denouement
Definition
in a literary work anything that happens after the resolution of the plot
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dialect
Definition
form of a language spoken in a particular region or group
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diction
Definition
choice of words used in writing or speaking
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didactic poetry
Definition
written to teach or state a message
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dramatic monologue
Definition
a work in which a character speaks to a silent listener
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elegy
Definition
a solemn and formal lyric poem about death
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epic
Definition
long narrative poem aboutthe adventures of gods or heros
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epigram
Definition
a brief, pointed statement in prose or verse
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epigraph
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a quotation that appears in the beginning of a literary work
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epiphany
Definition
a moment of insight, discovery, or revelation in which a character's life is greatly altered
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epistolary novel
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one told in a series of letters
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epitaph
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an inscription written on a tomb or burial place
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epithet
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word or phrase that states a characteristic quality of some person or place
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exposition
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writing or speech that explains, informs, or presents information
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cosmic irony
Definition
suggests that some malicious fate is frustrating human efforts
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