Unit 5: Additional Literary Terms

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  1. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  2. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  3. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  4. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  5. bibliography
    a list of writings with time and place of publication
  6. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  7. oral
    using speech rather than writing
  8. presentation
    the act of making news or information publicly known
  9. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  10. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  11. resolution
    finding an answer to a problem
  12. informal
    not in accord with established conventions and requirements
  13. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  14. visual
    relating to or using sight
  15. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
Created on Wed Feb 03 14:44:42 EST 2021 (updated Thu Feb 04 16:02:45 EST 2021)

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