Quarter 1 Vocab Flashcards
Anaphora
The use of a word to replace another word to avoid repetition
Malapropism
Using the incorrect word that sounds like the correct work
Non sequitur
Statement has little relevance to what was said previously
Ballad
Poem narrating a story with short stanzas
Sonnet
Poem of 14 lines using formal rhyme schemes often 10 syllables per line in english.
Octaves
An 8 line stanza or poem often a iambic pentameter
Meter
Repetition in the rhythm (Most used example: Iambic pentameter)
Enjambed stanzas
Contentious of the sentence from one line to another without punctuation
Lionized
give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.
Conciliatory
intended or likely to placate or pacify. (appease someone’s anger)
Dispassionate
not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.
Pretentious
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
Impassioned
filled with or showing great emotion.
Subversive
seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
Paradoxical
seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.
Cliche
a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Affected
-influenced or touched by an external factor.
- artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress
Aberrant
departing from an accepted standard.
Resignation
-an act of retiring or giving up a position.
-the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable.
Fatigued
-cause (someone) to feel tired or exhausted.
-weaken (a material, especially metal) by repeated variations of stress.
Bedeviled
-(of something bad) cause great and continual trouble too.
-(of a person) torment or harass.
Pedantry
excessive concern with minor details and rules.
Pronouncement
a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration.
Maxim
a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
Frivolous
-not having any serious purpose or value.
-(of a person) carefree and not serious.
Affluent
-(especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
-(of water) flowing freely or in great quantity.
Ostentatious
characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
Didactic
-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
-in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.
Obliquely
-not in a direct way; indirectly.
- in an oblique direction; slantwise.
Wry
-using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor.
-(of a person’s face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
