1st AP Lang Terms and Concepts

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Bildungsroman

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A coming of age story

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Layered narration

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Story within a story

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Depth

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Covering a single topic expansively

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Breadth

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Covering a variety of topics shallowly

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Purpose

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The reason an author wrote a text

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Vignette

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Short, descriptive scenes that convey single moments in time for the purpose of a key characteristic or theme.

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Inductive Thinking

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Presenting individual facts then drawing the conclusion from those facts

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Deductive Thinking

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Presenting a claim, then proving it with evidence

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Flashback

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Scenes that go back in time to a memory or prior event

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Oral tradition

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Passing down stories by word of mouth