Vocab
To retell or restate briefly
Recapitulate
Albeit
Although
Use an active verb to make this sentence grammatical: The sea kayaks were expertly paddled by the tour guides.
The tour guides paddled the sea kayaks expertly.
What is unique about an omniscient narrator?
They know all!
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in lieu of
The decisive or most important point at issue.
Crux
Chagrin
disappointment, embarrassment, distress
Make the following sentence parallel: It is more difficult to sustain an exercise program than starting one.
It is more difficult to sustain an exercise program than to start one.
The difference between black humor and tragicomedy.
Black humor is dark and morbid while tragicomedy is sad and less offensive.
Make the sentence more direct/clear: The reason the experiment failed is because conditions in the lab were not sterile.
The experiment failed because conditions in the lab were not sterile.
Being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad
Tantamount
Misanthrope
a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
Add needed words: Doritos are better.
Doritos are better than Fritos.
3rd person narration that interrupts the story for commentary.
Intrusive Narrator
Another word for exaggerated pride or self-confidence.
Hubris
To suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Surmise
Conjecture
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
"Unmix" the construction: When the country elects a president is the most important responsibility in a democracy.
Electing a president is the most important responsibility in a democracy.
Reading a story about a caveman who microwaves his dinner is an example of what?
Anachronism
What is an unreliable narrator?
1st person; telling the story from a biased perspective that we cannot trust
Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.
Irresolute
Paradigm
a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
"Unmix" the construction: The court decided that Tiffany’s welfare would not be safe living with her abusive parents.
The court decided that Tiffany would not be safe living with her abusive parents.
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Irony
The difference between assonance and consonance.
Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words; Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words