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English 4 vocab
final exam vocab review
Question | Answer |
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soliloquy | a long speech in a play or in a prose work made by a character who is alone and thus revels private thoughts and feelings to the audience or reader |
Epic | a long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or of a hero |
Irony | the general name given to literary techniques that involve suprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions |
Verbal Irony | when words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning |
situational irony | when an event occurs that directly contradicts expectations |
analogy | an extended comparison of relationships |
parallelism | similar ideas epressed in similar gramatical forms |
repetition | the repeating of key words and concepts |
rhetorical devices | special patterns of language. used to make ideas memorable and to stir emotions |
Imagery | the descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory eperiences |
prophetic essay | when writer makes bold, systematic predictions |
prophetic essay | may give warnings against complacency or pride |
prophetic essay | a brief work of non-fiction |
prophetic essay | makes predictions about the future of a large collective |
prophetic essay | uses memorable phrases to impress predictions on readers' memories or to reinforce warnings |
social critism/commentary | writing that offers insight into society, its values, and its customs |
novel | an extended work of fiction that often has a complicated plot many major and minor characters, a unifying theme, and several settings |
satire | writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups |