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english vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analysis, analytical | From two Greek roots: “ana,” meaning throughout and “lysis,” meaning “loosening.” Analysis therefore means a separating or breaking up of any whole into its parts. |
| Literature, literary | Latin root “liter,”=“letter(s).” Literature means all writing in prose or verse, especially writing that is imaginative or critical (as opposed to factual reporting). word= writing considered to have lasting or permanent value analyze literature, yo |
| hinge words | some words particularly useful for literary analysis refer to these as the “hinge words” of our thesis statements. Many of the hinge words have common roots, |
| express | hw, to put into words represent by language (press out) |
| expose | hw. lay open. make accessible or subjcet to understanding |
| evoke | hw to draw forth and image or reaction (to call out) |
| evidence | hw makes the meaning clear (seeing out) |
| reflect | hw to mirror, express or show, (bend back) |
| reveal | hw make known, disclose, display, show ( draw back a veil) |
| convey | hw to transport or carry, make known or communicate (with way) |
| connote | hw to suggest or associate an idea or feeling with the a word |
| theme words | words that used to discuss theme, vary according to the ideas you find, |
| irony | indication of an attitude or meaning different from what is stated |
| repression | keeping under control or keeping in check |
| subtle | difficult to percieve or understand (under a web) |
| elusive | hard to express or define or catch ( out of the light) |
| unwittingly | w/o knowing, w/o being aware |
| epiphany | a sudden, intuitive, perception/insight to reality or meaning |
| conventional | following sticking to accepted standards |
| ambivalent | mixed feelings |
| omniscient | all knowing and all seeing |
| frailty | weakness, fragility |
| mortality | the condition of having eventually to die |
| apprehension | perception, understanding, or feeling of fore boding (to grasp or take hold of) |