American Literature Flashcards
Logos
Science, logic, statistics, facts.
Pathos
Appeal to the audience emotions.
Ethos
Use the author’s or speaker’s credibility to prove a point.
Repetition
Repeats same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
Metaphor
A comparison between things similarities and shared traits.
Imagery
Author uses words to create mental images for readers.
Lyric
In Ancient Greece the lyre was a musical instrument and lyric came to mean a song accompanied by music.
Extended Metaphor
Comparison between to unlike things that continued throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
Ought
Anything whatever.
Pelf
Money or wealth looked upon with contempt.
Whet
Sharpened by rubbing or grinding.
Ineffable
Too overwhelming to be expressed in words.
Lamb
The lamb of God, Jesus
Mitigation
Lessening in severity, relief.
Shroudly
Severely
Succour
Aid or help in time of distress.
Acts 28:2
The Apostle Paul was greeted courteously by the barbarians at Melita during a storm.
Deuteronomy
Moses saw the Promised Land from Mount Pisgah in Palestine.
Importunity
Repeated requests or demands.
Shallow
A small open boat, fitted with oars or sails or both.
League
An old measure of distance, usually about three miles.
Meet
Suitable, proper
Rendezvous
Camp, gathering of men at a set place.
Flood
Ride, here about nine feet high.
Sore
Severely
Lee
A sheltered place on the side away from the wind
Fain
Ready and willing, but unable to.
Sachem
Indian chief.
Comprised
Included
Wigwam
Structure made of bark or mats laid over a dome-shaped frame of poles, used by the Algonquian Indians of the eastern woodlands of North America.
Serene
Peaceful, calm
Constitution
Way in which a person or thing is organized; makeup; nature
Diligent
Hard-working;industrious
Stature
Height
