1984 Vocab

Question 0

n. an interruption in the action of a story or play to show a scene or event that happened at an earlier time. serves to provide background, information, or history necessary to understanding the characters and plot.

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Flashback

Question 1

n. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs

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Anaphora

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n. a judgment based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances and supported by evidence

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Inference

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n. the general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention.

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Irony

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occurs when the surface meaning of what one says or writes is the opposite of the intended meaning.

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Verbal irony

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exist when what is expected or intended contrast with what occurs.

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Irony of situation

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• occurs in fiction or drama when the reader or spectator of affairs than the characters do.

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Dramatic irony

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1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true; 2. An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.

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Paradox

Question 8

n. The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.

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Parallelism

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n. a literary technique of writing or art which ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change

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Satire

Question 10

n. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

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synecdoche

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n. greed for wealth

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Avarice

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v. to surrender

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Capitulate

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n. an accumulation of many things

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Compilation

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n. moral corruption

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Debauchery

Question 15

n. scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

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Derision

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adj. of or relating to the sense of taste

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Gustatory

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n. feeling of weariness; fatigue

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Lassitude

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adj. sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror

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Lurid

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adj. capable of being shaped, influenced or altered

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Malleable

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adj. deserving of honor and praise

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Meritorious

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adj. lacking clarity of feature or sharpness of outline

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Nebulous

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adj. of, relating to, or contributing to the sense of smell

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Olfactory

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n. making an extravagant outward show, self-important

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Pretentious

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adj. commonplace, uninspired, banal

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Prosaic

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adj. false or deceitful

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Spurious

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adj. dull, inane, insipid

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Vapid

Question 27

n. one who embraces a cause and supports it with vigor

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Zealot