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English Vocabulary · Grade 11 Live Review Preview

11th Grade Vocabulary Words

Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

Please note: the vocabulary lists for grades 9~11 have been selected to ensure no overlap with the previous grade level. If the words are too specialized or difficult for you, please go back to grade levels 4~8 and review the words on those pages.

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106polemicnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: polemic is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

논쟁Her polemic condemns censorship but gives little space to opposing arguments.
107eulogynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: eulogy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 찬사(讚辭) 2. 찬사 3. 예찬The eulogy remembered the doctor through stories of quiet generosity.
108jeremiadnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: jeremiad is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

비탄The editorial becomes a jeremiad about the supposed loss of public manners.
109epigramnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: epigram is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

경구The chapter ends with an epigram contrasting wealth with freedom.
110juxtapositionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ition commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

나란히 놓기The film's juxtaposition of celebration and ruin creates unease.
111ambiguitynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.

1. 애매모호(曖昧模糊) 2. 애매 3. 모호The final image preserves ambiguity about whether the traveler returns.
112diglossianoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: diglossia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

양층언어(兩層言語)In a diglossia, one variety may dominate formal writing while another guides conversation.
113prosodynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: prosody is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 운율 2. 운율론The actor's prosody makes the same sentence sound sincere rather than sarcastic.
114pragmaticsnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: pragmatics is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

화용학Pragmatics explains why “Can you open the window?” usually functions as a request.
115diegesisnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: diegesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 서사 세계 2. 디에게시스Music from a character's radio belongs to the film's diegesis.
116mimesisnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: mimesis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

의태The critic studies how the play's mimesis creates a believable courtroom.
117sjuzhetnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: sjuzhet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

슈제트The sjuzhet reveals the ending first and then returns to the cause.
118homodiegetic narratornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: homodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

동형 서술자The homodiegetic narrator admits that he misunderstood the argument he witnessed.
119heterodiegetic narratornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: heterodiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 이질서사적 서술자 2. 이야기 밖 서술자A heterodiegetic narrator describes the family from outside its world.
120extradiegetic narratornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: extradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 서사 외적 서술자 2. 일차 서사 밖 서술자The extradiegetic narrator introduces the traveler who will tell the inner tale.
121intradiegetic narratornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: intradiegetic + narrator. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

내부 서술자At the inn, an intradiegetic narrator recounts the shipwreck.
122narrateenoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: narratee is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

1. 피화자 2. 서술 수신자Repeated appeals to “my dear sister” identify the letter's narratee.
123implied authornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: implied + author. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

묵시저자The implied author seems more skeptical than the confident narrator.
124implied readernoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: implied + reader. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

묵시적 독자Unexplained legal terms suggest an implied reader familiar with court procedure.
125narrative durationnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: narrative + duration. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

서술 기간A whole decade occupies one sentence, creating compressed narrative duration.
126narrative frequencynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: narrative + frequency. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

서술 빈도The repeated account of one accident alters the novel's narrative frequency.
127embedded narrativenoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: embedded + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

내장된 내러티브The sailor's journal forms an embedded narrative inside the detective plot.
128historiographic metafictionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: historiographic + metafiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

역사학적인 메타픽션The novel uses historiographic metafiction to expose gaps in the official archive.
129psychological realismnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: psychological + realism. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

심리적 현실주의Psychological realism makes the protagonist's changing loyalties feel credible.
130regionalismnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -ism often names a belief, system, movement, or practice.

지역주의The story's regionalism preserves coastal vocabulary and fishing traditions.
131local colornoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: local + color. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

지역색Descriptions of market calls and monsoon streets provide local color.
132Southern Gothicproper noun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: Southern + Gothic. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

남부 고딕The decaying estate in the Southern Gothic story conceals a history of exploitation.
133climate fictionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: climate + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

기후 소설The climate fiction novel follows families displaced by rising seas.
134creative nonfictionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: creative + nonfiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

창의적인 논픽션Her creative nonfiction combines verified interviews with vivid scene construction.
135lyric essaynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: lyric + essay. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 서정적 에세이 2. 리릭 에세이The lyric essay links fragments of memory through recurring images of water.
136flash fictionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: flash + fiction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

플래시 소설The flash fiction story implies an entire separation through one unopened letter.
137microfictionnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Suffix focus: -tion commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.

마이크로픽션The microfiction creates a turning point in only three sentences.
138hagiographynoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Root and suffix focus: -graphy relates to writing, recording, or describing.

성자 언행록The biography becomes hagiography when it ignores every documented failure.
139Künstlerromannoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Base-form focus: Künstlerroman is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.

쿤스틀러로만The Künstlerroman follows a violinist from imitation toward an original style.
140roman à clefnoun
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Field: Grade 11 literature, rhetoric, and language term

Word study: Term structure: roman + à + clef. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.

1. 실명소설 2. 열쇠소설Readers treated the roman à clef as a disguised account of the campaign.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Narrative Distance and Identity

Reading practice for pages 4–6. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A Künstlerroman traces an artist’s development, while a roman à clef disguises recognizable real people as fictional characters. Within the diegesis, an embedded narrative can challenge the main storyteller’s account. Pragmatics helps readers interpret what characters imply through context, social relationship, and tone rather than through literal wording alone.

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Reading comprehension

1. What does a Künstlerroman trace?

It traces an artist's development.

2. What can an embedded narrative do?

It can challenge the main storyteller's account.

3. What does pragmatics help readers interpret?

It helps readers interpret implied meaning in context.

Vocabulary quiz

Choose the dictionary equivalent for each of 5 selected words.

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