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English 4 Hons
Words to study
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables |
| allusion | an implied or indirect reference especially in literature; making a reference |
| antagonist | one that contends with or opposes another |
| atmosphere | an intriguing or singular tone, effect, or appeal |
| assonance | resemblance of sound in words or syllables |
| ballad | a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing |
| analogy | resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| antithesis | the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in “action, not words” or “they promised freedom and provided slavery”) |
| climax | the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action |
| conflict | competitive or opposing action of incompatibles |
| couplet | two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| dialect | a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (as social class) |
| dialogue | a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing |
| bibliography | a list often with descriptive or critical notes of writings relating to a particular subject, period, or author |
| biography | a usually written history of a person's life |
| connotation | the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes |
| crisis | an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person's life |
| diction | vocal expression |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience |
| epic | extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| fiction | something invented by the imagination or feigned |
| flashback | a past incident recurring vividly in the mind |
| gothic | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in northern Fran |
| imagery | figurative language |
| mood | a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion |
| narrative | the representation in art of an event or story |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely |
| broach | any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| encumbrance | a claim (as a mortgage) against property |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end |
| glean | to gather information or material bit by bit |
| guile | deceitful cunning |
| highbrow | a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior learning or culture |
| impediment | n impairment (as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech |
| ire | intense and usually openly displayed anger |
| jocular | habitually jolly |
| keen | having a fine edge or point : sharp |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| macabre | comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : especially : foreboding or foreshadowing evil |
| nebulous | indistinct, vague |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| pious | a person of local or restricted interests or out |
| provincial | a person of local or restricted interests or outlook |
| qualm | a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion (as doubt or fear) |
| nemesis | a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent |
| non-fiction | real |
| foot | the basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| fable | a legendary story of supernatural happenings |
| foreshadowing | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| hero/heroine | a man or woman admired for his/her achievements and noble qualities |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse |
| Onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it |
| Oxymoron | a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly |
| Pentameter | a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet |
| Personification | attribution of personal qualities; especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form |
| Plot | the plan or main story |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a literary work |
| Rhyme | correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse) |
| Rhythm | an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech |
| Setting | the manner, position, or direction in which something is set |
| propaganda | ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect |
| pathos | an emotion of sympathetic pity |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| pun | the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| simile | : a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) |
| symbolism | the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations |
| thesis | the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse |
| tone | vocal or musical sound of a specific quality |
| utopia | paradise |
| villian | bad person |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| archaism | : something (as a practice or custom) that is outmoded or old-fashioned |
| Asyndeton | omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses |
| Bathos | the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style |
| Cacophony | shrilly noise |
| Chiasmus | an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases |
| elegy | a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead |
| Denotation | a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea |
| Ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| hamartia | tragic flaw |
| induction | inference of a generalized conclusion from particular instances |
| deduction | take away |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively |
| pedantic | narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| sarcasm | : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| style | designation, title |
| syntax | the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) |
| synecdoche | a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus , the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made |
| logos | the divine wisdom manifest in the creation, government, and redemption of the world and often identified with the second person of the Trinity |
| juxtaposition | the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; |
| litotes | |
| ellipsis | |
| Amplification | |
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| Aphorism | |
| Apostrophe | |
| Caesura | |
| Canon | |
| Crux | |
| Epiphany | |
| Hypophora | |
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| Form | |
| Ode | |
| Idioms | |
| Volatile | likely to become dangerous or out of control |
| welter | a large and confusing number or amount |
| Zealous | feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a “person |
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