311958071 | allusion | a reference to a well known person, place, or thing | |
311958072 | abridged | shortened form of something | |
311958073 | prose | any writing that is not poetry or drama | |
311958074 | stanza/verse | Used in poetry (as a paragraph is used for prose). | |
311958075 | bard | a poet | |
311958076 | contemporary | exists the same time as we do | |
311958077 | hyperpole | extreme exaggertion | |
311958078 | literal language | language that means exactly what it says | |
311958079 | imagery | create an image in the readers mind | |
311958080 | anecdote | short story | |
311958081 | theme | central message from the author | |
311958082 | tone | authors attitude to audience or subject | |
311958083 | mood | feeling created in the reader by a passage | |
311958084 | denotation | dictonary definition of a word | |
311958085 | connotation | feeling from words | |
311958086 | diction | word choice | |
311958087 | imminent | likely to happen soon | |
311958088 | iridescent | having shifting, rainbowlike colors | |
311958089 | vortex | the center of a situation | |
311958090 | infallibility | can't fail at all | |
311958091 | precariously | unstable | |
311958092 | motif | pattern that is repeated | |
311958093 | microcosm | a smaller world or universe | |
311958094 | dilemma | when you have to make a decision and its a hard one | |
311958095 | human condition | positive and negative parts of life | |
311958096 | advocate | to stand up for something | |
311958097 | matriarch | woman governs the family | |
311958098 | patriarch | leader of the family | |
311958099 | patronizing | talk down to someone | |
311958100 | sadistic | ... | |
311958101 | benevolent | helping others | |
311958102 | adversity | going through anything thats tough | |
311958103 | allegory | representing an abstract or siritual meaning through concrete forms | |
311958104 | capitalism | ... | |
311958105 | communism | ... | |
311958106 | czar or tsar | emporor of russia | |
311958107 | democracy | people elect their leaders | |
311958108 | republic | power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote | |
311958109 | socialism | ... | |
311958110 | totalitarianism | ... | |
311958111 | regime | period of time a government is in power | |
311958112 | dystopia | bad place | |
311958113 | meager | iandequate | |
311958114 | commissioned | authority granted for an action | |
311958115 | oppression | exercise of power in a cruel manner | |
311958116 | populace | common people | |
311958117 | exile | a person banished from their country or home | |
311958118 | deportation | sent back to former homeland lawfully | |
311958119 | dispelled | to cause something to vanish | |
311958120 | morose | gloomy mood | |
311958121 | figurative language | having another meaning |
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