List 9 Flashcards
Precepts
A commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct
Pernicious
Causing insidious harm or ruin; deadly; fatal
Piteous
Evoking or deserving of pity
Perusal
A reading, survey, or scrutiny of something
Brevity
The shortness of time and duration
Satirical
Something that employs irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose the follies or flaws of human condition
Contrive
To plan with ingenuity; to devise or invent
Mood
The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience.
Mood may be created from setting, voice, tone, and theme
Motif
Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story
Ode
A type of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing.
An ode is usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling
Onomatopoeia
A word, which imitates the natural sound of a thing.
Ex: “gushing stream”, “whisper”
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory. Usually two contradictory words that makes the meaning unclear
Examples: “cruel kindess”, “living death”, “seriously funny”, “Open secret”
Imminent
Likely to occur at any moment; impending
