Unit 1: Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms

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  1. perception
    a way of conceiving something
  2. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  3. scenario
    a setting for a work of art or literature
  4. marginalize
    relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of groups of people
  5. dominant
    exercising influence or control
  6. subordinate
    lower in rank or importance
  7. imperialism
    a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
  8. criticism
    a written evaluation of a serious written work
  9. mise en scene
    an arrangement that shows where a play or film takes place
  10. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  11. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  12. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
  13. vignette
    a brief literary description
Created on Thu Jan 28 08:53:08 EST 2021 (updated Thu Jan 28 14:38:50 EST 2021)

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