Unit 1
inactivity, laziness, lethargy
what is a synonym for sloth
Chastise
what is: to censure or criticize severely; rebuke or punish
arduous
what is: extremely difficult to achieve
Proboscis
what is the long, thin nose of an animal, or tubular mouth of an insect
surreptitiously
what is stealthily or secretively
what are the words for: "explicitly stated" and "implicity implied"?
Denotation vs connotation
literary device in which an author uses a harsher form of irony to express disapproval of someone or something
what is Sarcasm
Perspective
what is a character's potential to think, feel, act, react, and disagree
The author can use word choice in a story to augment a character's: ______
what is perspective
A skill that adds to the tone of a passage using comical elements
what is humor
The overarching subject and central idea of a reading
What is a theme
when the writer uses words in a non literal sense
figurative language
the way a writer expresses an idea
what is diction
the way words are written in a certain order
what is synatax
the three elements to persuasive writing
what is ethos logos and pathos
Reckless abandon and feats of strength lead to greatness
What is the theme of Beowulf
A perfect world where no one is unhappy
what is utopia
A knights want to return to battle and sacrifice himself because of pride
What is Ivanhoe
girl who falls through her mirror into a fantastical land
what is through the looking glass
A story about a man torn between his love for a woman, and his need to finish his book
what is Strychnine in the Soup
Green like grass
what is a simile
Bing Bong pop!
what is onomatopoeia
the trees swayed and talked in the wind
what is personafication
The crazy cat clawed at cars
what is alliteration
Lead balloon
Oxymoron