07 (01/05/2015) Flashcards
concede
verb
admit that something is true or valid after denying or resisting it
reprove
verb
reprimand or censure
extort
verb
to obtain with force
disperses
verb
to distribute or spread over a wide area
contemptuous
adj
scornful
bequest
noun
a legacy
prowess
noun
skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
temporal
adj
secular
relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs
capacity
noun
maximum amount
pestilence
noun
a fatal epidemic disease
(The Bubonic Plague)
free verse
no form or rhyming
hyperbole
exaggerated to emphasize the real situation
In media a res
in the middle of things
irony
1) dramatic
- audience knows and characters don’t
2) situational
- difference of what is expected and what happens
3) verbal
- overstatement, understatement, sarcasm
juxtaposition
two or more ideas, places, or characters are placed side by side to show development