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Q 1 WOW 2010
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Confound (v) | to puzzel, perplex, or confuse someone and make him or her uncertain of something. Syn: bewilder, mystify, puzzle, confuse Ant: distinguish |
| Foliage (n) | the leaves of plants and trees syn: leafage |
| Bias (n) | an unfair like or dislike of someone or something Syn: prejudice, partiality, unfairness, favor, one-sided Ant: impartiality, neutrality, objectivity, open-mindedness |
| Futile (adj) | useless, unsuccessful, ineffective, pointless, a waste of time syn: empty, fruitless, ineffective ant: effective, efficient, fruitful, productive, profitable, successful |
| Obsolete (adj) | no longer used; out of date; outmoded and replaced by something newer Syn: outdated, dated Ant: contemporary |
| Nostalgia (n) | a feeling of sadness, happiness, and bittersweet longing for people or things in the past. |
| Zeal (n) | great enthusiasm for and eager devotion to a job, cause, ideal, goal, etc. Syn: eagerness, passion Ant: unconcern |
| Parallel episode (n) | events that are happening at the same time, often without the main character's awareness |
| Foreshadowing (n) | the technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative |
| Zeal (n) | great enthusiasm for and eager devotion to a job, cause, ideal, goal, etc. Syn: eagerness, passion Ant: unconcern |
| Parallel episode (n) | events that are happening at the same time, often without the main character's awareness |
| Setting (n) | the time and place in which a narrative occurs |
| Foreshadowing (n) | the technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative |
| Flashback (n) | a technique of disrupting the chronology of a narrative by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information |
| Hyperbole (n) | an intentionally exaggerated figure of speech, as "I have told you a million times" |
| Analogies (n) | a pair of words that have the same relationship as another pair of words |
| Simile (n) | a comparison of two unlike objects using like or as |
| Metaphor (n) | a comparison of two unlike objects without using like or as; an implied comparison |
| Onomatopoeia (n) | words that imitate their sound |
| Personification (n) | a metaphorical figure of speech in which animals, ideas, things, etc., are represented as having human qualities |
| Idiom (n) | an expression that doesn't mean what it literally says; has a meaning apart from its individual words |
| Index (n) | a list of items (as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found |
| Theme (n) | the lesson the author is trying to teach |
| Author's Purpose (n) | the motive or reason for which an author writes Entertain - tell a story Inform/Explain - to give details Persuade - get you to believe or think a certain way Express Feelings/Opinions - show you the way he or she is thinking |
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rachelwh
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