Night by Ellie Wiesel Literary and Content vocab

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act

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a major division in a dramatic text that forms the basic structure of a performance

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analogy

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a type of comparison that identifies similarities between two things in order to explain them

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annihilate

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v. to destroy completely

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apathy

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n. lack of interest or enthusiasm

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author's purpose

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the author's motivation for writing a text, specifically as it relates to the impact on the reader

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camaraderie

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n. friendship; a feeling of connection and common purpose with others

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central idea

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the most important idea(s) that the writer is communicating to the reader in an informational text

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characterization

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the process by which the writer reveals the personality and traits of a character

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conflagration

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n. an enormous, all-consuming fire

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conspicuous

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adj. obvious; easily seen or noticed