Honors English 10B Exam Review Flashcards
Ominous
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
Rampant
especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.
Solace
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
Supple
capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks
Suppress
to put down by authority or force : subdue.
Abhor
to hate
Corrosive
tending to cause corrosion
Reprehensible
worthy of or deserving blame or condemnation
Turbulent
chaotic, disordered, characterized by conflict.
Vociferous
crying out noisily; clamorous.
Apathy
lack of feeling or emotion
Deride
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock
Ingenuous
showing innocent or childlike simplicity and straightforwardness
Quandary
a state of confusion or doubt
Revel
to take great pleasure
Allocate
distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.
Deviate
to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic.
Exult
to express great pleasure or happiness, especially at someone else’s defeat or failure:
Palatable
agreeable to the palate or taste
Rancor
a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past
Cotentious
likely to cause disagreement or argument
Crestfallen
disappointed and sad because of having failed unexpectedly
Disheveled
in disarray; extremely disorderly
Lamentable
that is to be regretted or lamented : deplorable. the lamentable consequences of the war. 2. : expressing grief : mournful
Sonorous
loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound
Dramatic Irony
a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters
Verbal Irony
when you say something different than what you mean. This is done intentionally by the speaker, often with the hope that either the listener or the audience recognizes the presence of irony
Situational Irony
when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected
1st Person POV
the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view
2nd Person POV
the reader is part of the story
3rd Person Objective
The third person omniscient narrator can see everything
3rd Person Omniscient
In the third-person objective point of view, the narrator remains entirely neutral and detached. Unlike other third-person viewpoints, this narrator neither delves into a character’s mind nor accesses their emotions and motivations
3rd Person Limited
A third person limited narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character
Conflict
a literary device that presents the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivations etc.
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Motivation
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
Theme
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
Similie
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Symbolism
an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Setting
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Flashback
a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Characterization
the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
