Reading SOL Vocabulary #2

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Dramatic Irony

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when the audience knows something the characters do not know.

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Irony

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when the opposite of what we expect is true.

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Satire

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exposes and criticizes foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.

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Understatement

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downplaying a situation when the reader might imagine a more intense response.

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Analogy

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a comparison that aims to explain a thing or idea by comparing it to something else.

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Hyperbole

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an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Verbal Irony

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when you say the opposite of what you mean.

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Narrative Perspective

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the perspective of the narrator telling the story. First person 'I', second person 'you', third person 'he, she, they'.

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Theme

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the message or lesson of a story.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.