Unit 2: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  2. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  3. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  4. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  5. delivery
    characteristic style or manner of expressing oneself orally
  6. foil
    a person or thing that serves to contrast with another
  7. subtext
    a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
  8. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  9. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  10. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  11. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Created on Thu Jan 21 10:46:48 EST 2021 (updated Tue Feb 02 11:37:24 EST 2021)

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