DP Summer Reading Vocab Terms 24/25

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.

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Pathos

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An Aristotelian appeal that involves appealing to someone's emotions.

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Allusion

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A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

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Colloquialism

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The use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing.

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Diction

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A literary device that refers to the linguistic choices made by a writer to convey an idea or point of view, or tell a story, in an effective way.

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Ethos

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An Aristotelian appeal that establishes credibility or ethical appeal.

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Logos

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An Aristotelian appeal that involves logical reasoning or facts.

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Situational Irony

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A situation in which the outcome is significantly different from what was expected.

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

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Connotation

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The ideas or feelings that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.