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Eng vocab midterm

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to caution or advise against somthing; to scold mildly; to remind of duty admonish
to incline beforehand predispose
to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n) a rude dremark of derision jeer
a fallower, supporter; (adj) attached, sticking to adherent
exvessive fatness obesity
favorable; fortunate auspicious
overly self - important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious pompous
hidden, present but no realized latent
to give way to superior force, yeild succumb
complicated, difficult to understand intricate
careful; cautious circumspect
to let go; give up relenquish
bringing in money; profitable lucrative
resembling an angle portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent cherubic
to overcome, rise above srumount
to mislead by a trick, deceive hoodwink
a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement reprieve
having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable morose
to make up for atone
easy to understand, clear; rational, sane lucid
clumsy, hark to handle; slow-moving cumbersome
to make up for; repay for services compensate
average, ordinary, undistinguished mediocre
to pardon or overlook condone
common place; overused, stale trite
not having life; without energy or spirit inanimate
unreasonable; based onone's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness arbitrary
not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid opaque
believable credible
occuring or published after death posthumous
scattered fragments, wreckage Debris
non regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary expected; undependable erratic
to reproduce,increase, or spread rapidly profilerate
to disagree ( n ) a disagreement dissent
a lack of government and law; confusion anarchy
very brace, fearless, unshakable intrepid
to make easier to assist facilitate
cheif in importance, above all others paramount
hardworking, industriouse, not lazy diligent
grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic sardonic
to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adg) wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread diffuse
a deliberately deceptive moment; a pretense; (v) to make a deceptive movement; a pretense; (v) tomake a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of feint
brief and to the point terse
angry irate
Hard to do; requireing much effort arduous
theft larceny
not able to be corrected; beyond control inocorrigable
not running or flowing;foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull stagnant
never stopping, going on all the time incessent
holding fast, holding together strongly, persistent tenacious
the struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces conflict
what is a conflict map? If maps out the plot of the story events
s character struggles against an outside fored. external confict
takes place within a character's own mind internal confict
list all the external types of struggles man. vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society
name all the types of internal struggles man vs. self
the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story is called ________ characterization
when a writer uses this characterization we have to use our own judgement to decide what a character is like indirect characterization
a method where that author directly tells the reader what a character is like direct characterization
a character that doesn't change throughout the story static character
A character that changes throughout the story dynamic character
a character that has only a few traits and can be described in a few words flat character
a character has many different character traits round character
Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality - between what is said and what is really meant, beteen what is expected to happen and what really does happen. Irony
iron that occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens verbal irony
occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens Situational irony
Irony that occurs when the audience or the reader knows somthing important theat the character in a play or story doesn't know. Dramatic Irony
a person place thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well symbolism
a central idea of a work of literature theme
What type of conflict did The Scarlet Ibis have? external
What type of conflict did marygolds have? Both internal and external
What type of confilct does helen on 86ths street have? both internal and external
conflict - cask of amontildo external
conflict - the necklace external
conflict - the gift external
conflict - the gift of the magi? external
conflict - The most dangerious game? external and internal
conflict - a christmas memory internal and external
conflict - thankyou mam internal and external
conflict - poison internal and external
name the stories that deal with the development of characters why? Helen on 86th, The Scarlet Ibis, The marigolds, the gift of the magi, a christmas memory, thankyou mama
which stories feature ironic endings and what type or irony? The necklace is ironic because she ruined her life just to pay off a necklace that bought for a friend that the origional had turned out to be fake, situational, The gift of the magi is situational irony because they both sold the precious item to buy
who wrote the Scarlit Ibis? James Hurst
Who wrote marigolds? Eugenia Collier
Who wrote Helen on86th? Wendy Kaufmen
who wrote the cask of Amontildo Edgar Allan Poe
who wrote the Necklace Guy de Maupassant
who wrote the gift? Ray Bradbury
who wrote the gift of the Magi? O. Henry
Wrote the most dangerious game Richard Connell
wrote a christmas memory Truman Capote
wrote thankyou mama Langston Hughs
wrote poison Roald Dahl
wrote the birds Dappne Du Maurier
wrote SLOB Sue Monk Kiddi
wrote Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier
Created by: swimergrl10
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