ENGLISH TERMS FOR READING COMP Flashcards
Juxtaposition
It’s showing difference by placing concepts side by side
EG
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”
Pun
This is a joke made my using words that sound the same
“It is true, you should never take life for granite.”
Granite being somewhat close (in terms of pronunciation) to the word granted.
Redemption
The action of saving or being saved from evil ,sin or error
Decipher
convert a text written in code translated to normal language
Atonement
Compensation
Customary
usual\
“it is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast”
Oblique
Slightly slanted
OR
not done in a direct way
To avoid worrying his wife, the man made an oblique statement about the seriousness of his medical condition.
Because the commercial is oblique in its gore references, it has not been pulled from the Christian network.
Intrigue
arouse the
Conjure
To make a (spirit or ghost) appear using a magical ‘ritual’
‘They hoped to conjure god’
Incremental
Changing in small steps rather than radically\
The wife hoped to make incremental changes in her relationship
Incarnation
It is the embodiment of a a spirit or ‘god’ in flesh.
“When God appears on Earth as a farmer, his physical form as a farmer is an example of his incarnation on Earth”
Unduly
To an excessive degree; inordinately (large degree)
James was unduly alarmed by the endearing dog
Meticulous
Showing great detail
“The walls were painted with meticulous care”
sedulous
Careful; showing dedication
He watched himself with the most sedulous care
exhortation
to communicate the urgency of doing something
- A communication type urging someone to do something
