VOCABULARY UNIT 2 Literature Read the words, defir ions, and examples, Use your dictionary to find additional word forms for each word. Word Definition Example classic () a book that represents the best of a On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a Particular genre classic novel of the 1950s, Although it novel book about imaginary people and ‘8 a work of fiction, itis based mainly on ae the autobiographical description of a road trip Kerouac took across the United fiction (n) stories about imaginary events eee autobiographical relating to true events in your fe (ea) set (n) placed, located The Great Gatsby by F. Soot Fitzgerald fae aD tell story is set during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s when sales of alcohol were character (nt) person in a story prohibited in the United States. The story ! contradictory opposing is narrated by a minor character, Nick (ed) Carraway, who describes the other people in the story with contradictory emotions ! of admiration, jealousy, and envy. inspired (ad) _ the source of the idea Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom experiences (n) past events that have happened to the Bell Tols was inspired by his cal experiences in the Spanish Civil War. realistic (adi) _an accurate picture of realty John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of arepeons wii [sat eu Wrath isa realistic description of the ‘economic depression of the 1930s seen from the perspective of one family of migrant workers. author (n) writer of a book ‘The novel Ulysses by lish author James prose (n) ‘ordinary written language, not poetry | /0¥08 is written in an experimental form of prose using a technique known as lechavcese (N/E [method stream-of-consciousness, which portrays portray (¥) describe ‘a continuous flow of thoughts. pseudonym (n} an invented name that someone —__ Emily Bronté's novel Wuthering Heights Uses instead of a real name was at first published under the pseudonym Ells Belin order to keep the author's real name anonymous, The Crignalty (r)_| completely new and diferent book was praised forthe originality of its style (0) way of doing something subject matter and narrative style, anonymous (ad) unidentified, unnamed 12