312485738 | allegory | dual layered story telling | |
312485739 | capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital | |
312485740 | communism | political system in which the government owns and operates all factors of production | |
312485741 | czar | Russian emperor | |
312485742 | democracy | government ruled by the people | |
312485743 | republic | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions | |
312485744 | socialism | an economic system based on state ownership of capital | |
312485745 | totalitarianism | absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution | |
312485746 | regime | a government in power; a form or system of rule | |
312485747 | dystopia | a society based upon pure misery | |
312485748 | meager | lacking in quantity or quality | |
312485749 | commissioned | authoritive order | |
312485750 | oppression | excersize of authority; take rights | |
312485751 | populace | population; common people of a community | |
312485752 | exile | expel from homeland | |
312485753 | deportation | official order telling someone to leave a country | |
312485754 | dispelled | drive off in various directions | |
312485755 | morose | gloomy | |
312485756 | allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event | |
312485757 | abridged | shortened from original | |
312485758 | prose | the ordinary form of written language | |
312485759 | stanza | a group of lines in a poem | |
312485760 | bard | poet | |
312485761 | contemporary | in modern time | |
312485762 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | |
312485763 | literal language | to mean what you say | |
312485764 | figurative language | to mean other than what you say | |
312485765 | imagery | use of language to create a picture | |
312485766 | anecdote | short story | |
312485767 | theme | The main idea of the story | |
312485768 | tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous). | |
312485769 | mood | the overall emotion created by a work of literature | |
312485770 | denotation | direct or specific meaning of something | |
312485771 | connotation | refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition | |
312485772 | diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words | |
312485773 | imminent | likely to occur, about to happen, in near future | |
312485774 | iridescent | showing many colors | |
312485775 | vortex | center of a situation, which draws in all that surrounds it; whirlpool | |
312485776 | infallibility | condition of being unable to fail | |
312485777 | precariously | exposed to or involving danger; dangerous | |
312485778 | motif | repeated pattern | |
312485779 | microcosm | small world, small society | |
312485780 | dilemma | a decision in which neither choice is a good one | |
312485781 | human condition | good and bad of human characteristics | |
312485782 | advocate | to be in favor of; to support | |
312485783 | matriarch | woman who rules a family, clan, tribe or group | |
312485784 | patriarch | male who rules a family, clan, tribe or group | |
312485785 | patronizing | to put oneself higher | |
312485786 | sadistic | finding pleasure in someone elses pain | |
312485787 | benevolent | doing or producing good | |
312485788 | adversity | everyday life struggles |
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