Vocab Flashcard: Words 21-30

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Remove offensive passages from a play, novel, etc.

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bowdlerize

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Grammatical category indicating noun/pronoun function: subject (nominative), object (objective), or possession (possessive).

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case

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Reason for an event and its outcome; a relationship where one change leads to another.

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cause and effect

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A person or animal in a story, play, or literary work.

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character

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Method an author uses to reveal characters and their traits, known as direct characterization.

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characterization

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Arrangement of events in the order they occur; one of five text structures.

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chronological order

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Using more words than necessary to describe something.

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circumlocution

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Worn-out idea or overused expression.

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cliché

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Most exciting moment of a story; contains the most action and suspense.

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climax

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Connection of ideas in writing.

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coherence