LP 2 Flashcards
adamant
adj
stubbornly unyielding, refusing to be persuaded
peripheral
adj
peripheral vision
indulgent
overly generous/ lenient
the indulgent parents often cottled their children
ALSO
indulged in ice cream
lucrative
adj
profitable
opportunist
noun or adj
one who takes advantage of any chance
pliable
adj
flexible easily bent
nice leather will be pliable
provident
adj
prepared for the future
ramshackle
adj
of very poor quality
sanctitiy
holiness
n
scrupulous
adj
diligent, extremely attentive to details
somber
gloomy
dull in color
spartan
adj
avoiding luxury
she lived a spartan life
climax
language increasing in intensity
She was first frustrated about her grade, but then became angry to boiling to enraged!
chiasmus
mirror, inverted syntax
I walked slowly and quickly spoke.
ellipsis
omitting leaving out a word or phrase
I ran to the store, Jade, the park.
Erotema
rhetorical question
epistrophe
repetition at end of phrases
consonance
Mike likes his new bike
constanant rep in middle of word
end rhyme
rhyme at end
eye rhyme
looks like would rhyme
alone and gone
enjambment
starting a thought in one line then completing it in next
ceasura
break within a line