Week 3 Vocabulary
This word is defined as to intimidate; to discourage.
WHAT IS DAUNT
This is a short narrative.
WHAT IS AN ANECDOTE?
This word is defined as clear; easy to understand.
WHAT IS LUCID?
This is an explicit comparison between two different things, actions, or feelings, using the words “like” or “as.”
WHAT IS A SIMILE?
This word is defined as to confirm.
WHAT IS CORROBORATE?
This word is defined as dangerously unstable.
WHAT IS PRECARIOUS?
This means to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.
WHAT IS INFERENCE/INFER?
This word is defined as constant; without variety.
WHAT IS UNIFORM?
These are the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
WHAT IS IMAGERY?
This word is described as hard-working.
WHAT IS DILIGENT?
This word is defined as tending toward one direction.
WHAT IS INCLINED?
This is a direct or indirect reference to something commonly known.
WHAT IS AN ALLUSION?
This word is defined as having keen understanding; discerning.
WHAT IS PERCEPTIVE?
This is a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
WHAT IS A EUPHEMISM?
This word is defined as determination.
WHAT IS RESOLUTION?
This word is defined as hasty, not thorough.
WHAT IS CURSORY?
This is a device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines.
WHAT IS ANAPHORA?
This word is defined as concerned with art or beauty.
WHAT IS AESTHETIC?
This is a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
WHAT IS HYPERBOLE?
This word is defined as to support; to prop up.
WHAT IS BOLSTER?
This word is defined as extremely wasteful; wildly extravagant.
WHAT IS PROFLIGATE?
This occurs when two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
WHAT IS JUXTAPOSITION?
This word is defined as overly submissive; cringing; like a servant.
WHAT IS SERVILE?
This is the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
WHAT IS PARALLELISM?
This word is defined as shallow; on the surface only.
WHAT IS SUPERFICIAL?