Vocabulary 1
Excessive Pride
Hubris
Jumbo Shrimp
Icy Hot
Pretty Ugly
Oxymorons
Literary reference to a familiar person or thing. Ex: You are a bunch of Einsteins
Allusion
To hide oneself in a corner
Latibulate
Not influenced by strong emotions.
Dispassionate
Ex. It's raining cats and dogs
idiom
The flower blessed me with its sweetest scent and I fell in love.
Personfication
I want the best, I train to be the best, I study to be the best, there for I will be the best
Epistrophe
dull, lacks flavor
Insipid
Humorous or playful
Jocular
repetition of words or phrases for effect
(My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration)
Anaphora
Category or type of literature. Ex: suspense, Sci-fi...
Genre
An author giving hints or clues about what will happen later in a story
Foreshadowing
The use of sharp, harsh words to add an effect
(The pans & pots clashed & clattered as they fell to the ground)
cacophony
Extremely Significant
Epochal
Main character in a story (usually a good guy)
Protagonist
Story where the main character (Protagonist) dies.
Example: Macbeth
Tragedy
The lesson learned in a story
Moral
A small or minimal portion
Modicum
What's the difference between
Assure, Insure, and Ensure
To promise, to protect, to make certain.
Words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or expected outcome. Ex: A burning fire truck
Irony
Person working against the main character or hero of a story
Antagonist
The main idea or point of a story.
Theme
inappropriate
Indecorous
an unpleasant or harmful odor
Effluvia
The problem in a story: Ex. Man vs Nature
Conflict
An event from the past presented in the present; out of order in a story
Flashback
A descriptive word or phrase that describe a particular character or thing
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Epithet
What's the part of speech
Censorious (__)- severely critical of others
Use this word in a sentence correctly.
Dearth
Ex. I don't have a dearth of respect for you.
_____ is the feeling or attitude that the author conveys in their writing. _____ is the feeling or atmosphere that the reader experiences when reading the story.
Tone, Mood
What is this line of dialogue an example of?
"No, yeah, I can totally wait to go to the hospital. It's only a stab to the vital organs..."
Litote
-He's nobody.
-Don't go into the water until you've learned how to swim.
Paradox
What's the definition, part of speech, and an example of the word Perfidious?
Deceitful, Adjective...