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English Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analogy | comparison made to show a similarity |
| Suspense | feeling of growing tension and excitement |
| Dynamic | character who undergoes an important change |
| Infer | hint, read between the lines, suggest |
| Allusion | reference to a person, event, place, or phrase |
| Oxymoron | figure of speech that seems to be self-contradictory |
| Trace | copy, outline, follow the path of or map out |
| Foil | character who is meant to represent characteristics which are opposed to those of another character |
| Iambic Pentameter | metrical pattern of poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line |
| Evaluate | judge, score, judge the quality, rank |