Vocab 1

Question 1

allocation

Answer 1

the action or process of allocating or distributing something
“more efficient allocation of resources”

Question 2

ascetic

Answer 2

a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention
“an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor”

Question 3

beguile

Answer 3

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
“every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine”

Question 4

crass

Answer 4

lacking sensitivity, refinement or intelligence
“the crass assumptions that men make about women”

Question 5

defray

Answer 5

provide money to pay (a cost or expense)
“the proceeds from the raffle help to defray the expenses of the evening”

Question 6

dint

Answer 6

an impression or hollow in a surface
“the soft dints at the top of a coconut”

Question 7

enjoin

Answer 7

instruct or urge (someone) to do something
“the code enjoined members to trade fairly”

Question 8

envoy

Answer 8

a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission
“the UN special envoy to Yugoslavia”

Question 9

interloper

Answer 9

a person who becomes involved in a place or situation they are not wanted or are considered not to belong
“Japanese consumers have in the past been unreceptive to foreign interlopers in the cell phone market”

Question 10

vicarious

Answer 10

experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
“i could glean vicarious pleasure from the struggles of my imaginary film friends”

Question 11

perspective

Answer 11

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a POV
“most guidebook history is written from the editor’s perspective”

Question 12

first-person POV

Answer 12

narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own POV
“i walked to the store and bought myself a candy bar”

Question 13

second-person POV

Answer 13

the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you; reader is immersed into the narrative as a character involved in the story
“you walked across a bridge”

Question 14

third-person limited POV

Answer 14

story is told from the close perspective of one character; he, she, they pronouns but creates immediacy and intimacy of first-person
“he walked across the field, millions of thoughts running through his head”

Question 15

third-person omniscient POV

Answer 15

narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing; narration is outside of any one character, but may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many characters
“as the campers settled in, Zara hoped her eyes did not portray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for night to quickly end”

Question 15

third-person omniscient POV

Answer 15

narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing; narration is outside of any one character, but may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many characters
“as the campers settled in, Zara hoped her eyes did not portray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for night to quickly end”

Question 16

tone

Answer 16

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
“the tone of the letter was quite comical”

Question 17

mood

Answer 17

a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a character or the atmosphere of a story
“the mood of the story was ominous”

Question 18

free indirect style

Answer 18

conveying a character’s internal thoughts by embedding them within the narration, rather than expressing them directly
“Kate looked at her bank statement. Why had she spent her money so recklessly?”

Question 19

dramatic irony

Answer 19

when the audience or readers know more about a situation than the character does
“girl in horror film hides in closet where killer just went - audience knows killer is there but she doesn’t”

Question 20

situational irony

Answer 20

a striking reversal of what is expected or intended
“a fire station burns down”

Question 21

verbal irony

Answer 21

speakers say the opposite of what they mean and is often sarcastic in nature
“saying ‘oh fantastic!’ when the situation is actually very bad”

Question 22

theme

Answer 22

the subject of a talk, piece of writing, person’s thoughts, exhibition, etc.; a topic
“the theme of the sermon was reverence”

Question 23

imagery

Answer 23

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
“tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion”
“the blue flowers blew back and forth underneath the Oak tree in the fall breeze”