NOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
VERBS, ADJECTIVES, & NOUNS
MISCELLANEOUS
100
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
What is INNUENDO?
100
to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party in a disagreement
What is to INTERCEDE?
100
wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
What is JADED?
100
a gap, opening, break
What is a HIATUS?
100
the main, arguable point of an essay
What is a THESIS?
200
the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise
What is APPROBATION?
200
to make easier or milder; to quiet or calm; to put at end to, appease, satisfy, quench
What is to ASSUAGE?
200
worthy, deserving recognition and praise
What is MERITORIOUS?
200
to imitate, to make pretense of
What is to SIMULATE?
200
the main point of a body paragraph that supports the thesis
What is a TOPIC SENTENCE?
300
a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
What is a PREROGATIVE?
300
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
What is to EXPOSTULATE?
300
causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale or sallow in color
What is LURID?
300
a union, combination, or merger for some specific purpose
What is a COALITION?
300
In a literary analysis, all verbs must be in which tense?
What is PRESENT TENSE?
400
shade cast by trees OR offense, resentment OR an overshadowing influence of power
What is UMBRAGE?
400
to draw forth, bring out from some source
What is to ELICIT?
400
narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward
What is PROVINCIAL?
400
excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness
What is UNCTUOUS?
400
When inserting quotations from a book into your paper to use as support for your arguments, those quotations are called...
What is TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?
500
excessive self-indulgence; decline, decay, or deterioration
What is DECADENCE?
500
to rise above or beyond; exceed
What is to TRANSCEND?
500
peevish, annoyed, easily irritated and upset
What is PETULANT?
500
used so often as to lack freshness and originality
What is HACKNEYED?
500
Where is the thesis located in the introduction of a literary analysis?
What is AT THE END OF THE INTRODUCTION?
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