HUMANITIES MID TERM VOCAB 2025

Norms

A rule, sometimes unspoken, that is considered typical or standard within a group of people

Cultural relativism

Evaluating another culture by our own perspectives and standards

Objective

Thinking in a way not swayed by feelings or opinions

Subjective

Thinking in a way that is based on feelings, tastes, and opinions

Push factors

Reasons to leave a country

Pull factors

Reasons to come to a country

Sourcing

WHO wrote the document?

Contextualization

What is the background or context of the document?

Corroboration

Supporting your evidence

Close reading

Actively reading and annotating

Direct characterization

When an author explicitly or directly describes a character

Indirect characterization

Character is described through STEAL

STEAL

SPEECH

THOUGHTS

EFFECT ON OTHERS

ACTIONS

LOOKS

Visual Imagery

Vivid details of what a character SEES

Auditory / Aural imagery

Details of what a character HEARS

Tactile imagery

Details that describe TOUCH and bodily sensations

Olfactory imagery

Details that describe SMELL

Gustatory imagery

Details that describe TASTE

Kinetic imagery

Details that describe how a thing MOVES

Plot: Exposition

Background about the setting, characters, and circumstances

Plot: Rising action

The events that lead to the climax, bring the conflict to characters attention

Plot: Climax

Peak tension, turning point

Plot: Falling action

Peak conflict starts to get resolved

Plot: Resolution

Conflict is finally resolved

Writers voice

Unique personality that the author shows in their writing

Tone

The authors attitude toward the subject of writing