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Vocabulary
Literary terms
 General words:
Narrative
Nonfiction
Postmodern
Juxtapose
Irony
Allegory
 Shoah
 Propaganda
 Mourning
 Melancholia
 Fragmented
 Shoah
 The Hebrew word meaning "catastrophe,"
 Propaganda
 the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for
denoting the catastrophic destruction of European
Jewry during World War II.
the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a
cause, or a person
 Mourning
 an outward sign (as black clothes or an armband)
of grief for a person's death; a period of time
during which signs of grief are shown
 Melancholia
 a mental condition and especially a
manic-depressive condition
characterized by extreme depression,
bodily complaints, and often
hallucinations and delusions
 fragmented
 to fall to pieces
Narrative
Postmodern
 An account or a story related by a
narrator
 Literary period beginning after WWII,
focuses on fragmented sensations,
concepts of disposability, and
randomness. (brief definition to a
complex term)
Juxtapose
 an act of comparing two things, especially
in a way that suggests connection
between them or to distinguish them
Allegory
 A story or visual image with a second
distinct meaning partially hidden behind
its literal or visible meaning.
 The situation in which the result of circumstances is
the opposite of what might reasonably be expected
 Types of irony:
 Dramatic irony: the reader shares the narrator’s
knowledge of a situation or intention unknown to one or
more of the characters.
 Verbal irony: the meaning intended by the speaker
differs from the meaning understood by one or more of
the other characters