J&H vocabularies and literary terms

Question 1

rational

Answer 1

someone who uses logic and evidence

Question 2

reputable

Answer 2

someone who has a good reputation for doing the right things

Question 3

repressed

Answer 3

someone who ignores their desires and won’t give into temptation

Question 4

orthodox

Answer 4

following all the rules

Question 5

fanciful

Answer 5

unrealistic imagination

Question 6

animalistic

Answer 6

looking or behaving like an animal

Question 7

depraved

Answer 7

someone who is evil and has no idea of what is right and wrong

Question 8

trancendental

Answer 8

something that breaks the boundaries of the physical or scientific world

Question 9

psychotic

Answer 9

someone who has lost their relationship with reality, often due to severe mental illness

Question 10

morality

Answer 10

the idea that there is a clear right and wrong

Question 11

symbolism

Answer 11

when a physical thing represents an idea

Question 12

gothic imagery

Answer 12

midnight, full moon, fog, shadows etc

Question 13

pathetic fallacy

Answer 13

when the weather reflects the mood

Question 14

epistolary

Answer 14

a story written using letters

Question 15

multiple narrators

Answer 15

when more than one person tells the story

Question 16

allegory

Answer 16

a story that had a clear moral meaning

Question 17

non chronological

Answer 17

not told in order

Question 18

detective figure

Answer 18

plays role of detective - utterson