3rd Vocab Set

Question 0

Reticent

Answer 0

Adjective
Inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative
Have you noticed that people who boast about their successes are reticent about their failures?

Question 1

Raze

Answer 1

Verb
Destroy utterly by tearing down;demolish;level to the ground
The building was so badly damaged in the fire it had to be razed.

Question 2

Retort

Answer 2

Verb

Reply sharply or angrily

Question 3

Subvert

Answer 3

Verb

Overturn or overthrow from the foundation

Question 4

Tractable

Answer 4

Adjective

Easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding;docile

Question 5

Assonance

Answer 5

A repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually those found in stressed syllables close together
Ex. In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn

Question 6

Asyndeton

Answer 6

A style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing a fast pace, more rapid prose
Ex. I came, I saw, I conquered.

Question 7

Attitude

Answer 7

The sense expressed by the tone of voice and or the mood of a piece of writing
Diction figurative language.

Question 8

Ballad

Answer 8

A narrative poem that is or originally was, meant to be sung. Repetition and refrain characterize the ballad
Ex. Winter snow

Question 9

Ballad stanza

Answer 9

A common stanza form, consisting of a quatrain that alternates fouf beat and three beat lines.one and three are unrhymed iambic tetrameter and for and two are rhymed iambic trimeter