| Term | Definition |
|---|
| irony | the amusing or strange aspect of a situaion that is very different from what you expect |
| hysteria | neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions |
| allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances |
| historical context | the historical event that occured during the writing that influences the theme |
| contradiction | the speech act of contradicting someone, opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas |
| allusion | something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way |
| hypocrisy | insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have |
| mccarthyism | unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists) |
| accusation | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence |
| confession | a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party |
| terrorism | the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
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