Vocabulary
feeling of dread; expectation of ill fortune
apprehension
a comparison between two fundamentally unlike terms
simile
a story in which the characters or events are symbolic
allegory
Read the sentence.
After she gave the lecture on molecular geometry, Dr. Jones realized that she would have to expound on the subject at greater length because the students looked confused and gave blank stares when she asked if there were any questions.
What is the meaning of the word expound as it is used in the sentence?
to explain in detail
First appeared in the late 1700s with Horace Walpole’s "The Castle of Otranto". Elements work together to create a feeling of mystery, suspense, and gloom
Gothic Genre
to form an opinion based on little evidence
conjecture
a comparison between two fundamentally unlike items
metaphor
always based on a comparison of two items, often extend further in their comparison of two items than does a simile or metaphor, using more of the structure of one item than the other
analogy
Read the excerpt from The War of the Worlds:
I half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. … I looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me.
What accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator’s thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt?
a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder
Thrived in Europe in the late 18th to mid-19th centuries and combines love, emotional expression, and nature
Romanticism Genre
to make white or pale
blanch
a type of metaphor that provides human characteristics to a nonliving item or abstract concept
personification
a technique of repetition where the same words are repeated in several successive sentences for emphasis
anaphora
Read the excerpt from “The Hammer of God.”
Ledstone was quite unrepentant about his grandfather, whose sensational demise had triggered the repeal of the late U.S.’s third, and most disastrous, attempt at Prohibition.
Which option is an accurate synonym for "demise" as it is used in the excerpt?
passing
This prewriting technique is also called clustering, webbing, or idea mapping. The goal is to create a visual representation of your ideas and the connections between them.
mind-mapping
long, thin nose of an animal, or tubular mouth of an insect
proboscis
so much of an exaggeration that the reader cannot take it literally
hyperbole
an approach in which the writer or speaker in a work addresses a character in the work directly
apostrophe
Read the lines from The Tempest.
PROSPERO
Thou liest, malignant thing. Hast thou forgot
The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy
Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?
Which words most effectively help determine the meaning of malignant as it is used in the excerpt?
thou liest
Returns to the claim, summarizes and connects main ideas, and shows the broader significance of those ideas.
conclusion
remnant or sediment; the least desirable or last remaining part
dreg
the use of words that create sounds echoing what they mean
onomatopoeia
language that uses unconventional construction or differs from literal meaning to create a more powerful effect
figurative language
Read the sentence.
He claims that he bears no malice toward anyone, but he spent all his energy making everyone’s vacation stressful and frustrating.
How does the word "malice" function in the sentence and what does it mean?
"malice" functions as a noun, and it means "a desire to cause harm"
An engaging idea located in the introduction paragraph of an essay
hook