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Final Thursday

Vocab

QuestionAnswer
allusion is a reference, either direct or indirect, to a well-known person, place or event
hyperbole exaggeration or overstatement
verbal irony speaker or writer says one thing but actually means the opposite
situational irony outcome of a situation is inconsistent with what we expect would logically or normally occur
dramatic irony audience or the reader is aware of something that a character does not know
metaphor comparison that does not use like or as
oxymoron two words which are opposites but which are placed next to each other
personification give human characteristics to objects
pun emphasizes two different meanings of a word at the same time
simile uses like or as when comparing two things
run on when two sentences are compound into one, but they don't have the right punctuation
fragment are incomplete thoughts
connotation positive or negative feeling that the word evokes
incite to stir up, to provoke
perturb to make worried or upset
innate natural, present from birth
transfigure to change the form or appearance of
demise to end of existence, death
methodical orderly and regular
agrarian having to do with farming
fruitless yielding no positive results
abscond to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law
chronicle to tell or write the history of
psyche the mind, especially as the center of a person's being
aspire to have a strong desire to get or do something
Created by: briffel
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