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312485738allegorydual layered story telling
312485739capitalisman economic system based on private ownership of capital
312485740communismpolitical system in which the government owns and operates all factors of production
312485741czarRussian emperor
312485742democracygovernment ruled by the people
312485743republicA government in which elected representatives make the decisions
312485744socialisman economic system based on state ownership of capital
312485745totalitarianismabsolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution
312485746regimea government in power; a form or system of rule
312485747dystopiaa society based upon pure misery
312485748meagerlacking in quantity or quality
312485749commissionedauthoritive order
312485750oppressionexcersize of authority; take rights
312485751populacepopulation; common people of a community
312485752exileexpel from homeland
312485753deportationofficial order telling someone to leave a country
312485754dispelleddrive off in various directions
312485755morosegloomy
312485756allusiona reference to another work of literature, person, or event
312485757abridgedshortened from original
312485758prosethe ordinary form of written language
312485759stanzaa group of lines in a poem
312485760bardpoet
312485761contemporaryin modern time
312485762hyperboleextreme exaggeration
312485763literal languageto mean what you say
312485764figurative languageto mean other than what you say
312485765imageryuse of language to create a picture
312485766anecdoteshort story
312485767themeThe main idea of the story
312485768toneThe attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).
312485769moodthe overall emotion created by a work of literature
312485770denotationdirect or specific meaning of something
312485771connotationrefers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition
312485772dictionthe manner in which something is expressed in words
312485773imminentlikely to occur, about to happen, in near future
312485774iridescentshowing many colors
312485775vortexcenter of a situation, which draws in all that surrounds it; whirlpool
312485776infallibilitycondition of being unable to fail
312485777precariouslyexposed to or involving danger; dangerous
312485778motifrepeated pattern
312485779microcosmsmall world, small society
312485780dilemmaa decision in which neither choice is a good one
312485781human conditiongood and bad of human characteristics
312485782advocateto be in favor of; to support
312485783matriarchwoman who rules a family, clan, tribe or group
312485784patriarchmale who rules a family, clan, tribe or group
312485785patronizingto put oneself higher
312485786sadisticfinding pleasure in someone elses pain
312485787benevolentdoing or producing good
312485788adversityeveryday life struggles

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