vocabulary eng iii unit one: emerging modernism. modernism pg 1384 literary movement between the 2...
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Vocabulary
Eng IIIUnit 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
• Emotional isolation
Theme
• Pg 1394• Recurring element in literature• Central idea• Not obvious: must be inferred• Different readers can find different themes
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.
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.
Stream of Consciousness
• Pg 1392• Technique developed by modernist writers• Presents flow of a character’s seemingly
unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations.
marrow
• Bone marrow• The inmost, choicest, or essential part
Diction
• A writer or speakers choice of words is called diction. • Diction includes BOTH1. Vocabulary: individual words2. Syntax: order or arrangement of the words
Diction can be: Formal/informal
Technical/commonAbstract/concrete
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.
Simile
• Pg 1391• Figure of speech that compares two things
using like or as. • Ex:
Johnny is as stubborn as a mule.
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.
Personification
• Pg 1387• Figure of speech in which an object, animal, or
idea is given human characteristics. • Ex:
The wind spoke her name.
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.
rhetoric
• The art or study of using language effectively or persuasively.
Vocabulary Test II
• November 15th
Bellwork November 15th
• You have 5 minutes to study for your Vocabulary Test.