Final Exam Vocab Flashcards
Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm
Apprehensive
Agitated with doubt or mental conflict
Distraught
An infringement or violation of law, command, or duty
Transgression
To criticize severely; to rebuke
Chastise
Lacking distinctive or interesting qualities
Nondescript
To give relief or deliverance to for a time
Reprieve
Extremely careful
Meticulously
The cognitive process of gaining skill or knowledge
Acquisition
A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound
Crescendo
Requested something to be furnished
Requisitioned
Very intense; agonizing
Excruciating
Attracting attention
Conspicuous
The moving of items from one place to another
Conveyance
Formally requested
Petitioned
Great and bloody slaughter(as in battle)
Carnage
One that receives and contains something; a container
Receptacle
Given legal power or rights
Empowered
Secretively; furtively
Stealthily
A cluster of leaves,flowers, and branches
Foliage
Calling upon in supplication, beseeching; begging for urgently or anxiously
Imploring
The authors attitude towards a subject
Tone
The point of view, how a person feels about a subject
Perspective
A conversation between characters
Dialogue
The way a poem is written ex. Free verse, rhyming, etc.
Poetry style
Words with the same ending sound ex. Toy, boy
Rhyming words
Poetry style that does not follow a particular pattern and usually doesn’t contain rhyme
Free verse
A person, place, or thing that suggest a different meaning
Symbolism
Grouping of lines in a poem
Paragraph:story::______:poem
Stanza
Information read that helps you determine the answer to a question
Supporting evidence
Language authors use to describe that is often not taken literally ex: simile, metaphor, personification, etc.
Figurative language
Comparison between two things using like or as ex: as light as a feather
Simile
Comparison between unlike things without like or as ex: Apple of my eye
Metaphor
An animal, object, force of nature, or idea given human traits
Personification
Using extreme exaggeration to express an idea ex: the building was a mile high.
Hyperbole
An expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words ex: the lady was hoping she could catch his eye
Idiom
Repetition of beginning constant sounds of words ex: dally sells sea shells by the sea shore
Alliteration
The sequence of events in a story, play, or poem
Plot
Parts of literature that makes up a story ex: symbolism, irony, flashback, etc.
Literary elements
An interruption to a story that tells about something that happened earlier in time
Flashback
Descriptive language that appeals to our senses
Imagery
The emotional feeling of a story
Mood
To represent or indicate before hand
Foreshadowing
Inconsistency between an actual and a expected result
Irony
A conflict only one person deals with
Internal conflict
Multiple people are involved in the conflict
External conflict
The message found throughout the story (life lesson)
Theme
A sentence that states the most important idea form the selection
Main idea
Infer what might happen in the next story
Inference
A final result or outcome
Conclusion
