Vocab 1st Semeser Flashcards
Cinderella’s stepmother is wicked at both the beginning and end of the story
Static Character
Walter White goes from being a regular chem teacher to a powerful drug lord
Dynamic Character
Romeo’s Father (Lord Montague) isn’t a character that has a long and complicated backstory, and reader’s don’t hear much about his personality
Flat Character
Frodo shows a wide ray of emotions, has many complicated interactions
Round Character
Shrek is a very different protagonist than what you would expect him to be (at first)
Antihero
Oedipus’s swollen ankles represent the confining power of destiny/fate that has marked his life from the beginning
Symbol
There is SO MUCH BLOOD in the story Macbeth that it leaves the readers literally sick!
Motif
The struggle between free will and absolute control is something our class could talk about during Oedipus the King Socratic Seminar
Theme
Hemingway’s direct, easy to read prose is easily identifiable
Style
“Oh, I’m just so happy to be here!” the student said joyfully about the rainy, freezing Justin Bieber Concert
Tone
I kept reading Mocking jay even though it is 1 of the most poorly written novels of all time because I had to find out what happened to Katniss
Suspense
After reading the short story Mrs.Dutta Writes a Letter, students had to write a detailed analysis of it.
Explication
Ikkyu asked “why do people have to die?” “This is natural,” explained the older man. “Everything has to die and has just so long to live.”
Koan
Jodh’s thoughts: I like cookies. I hope Gursimar makes some before I come home from school because I’m so hungry! It’s kinda hot in here..
Stream of consciousness
Men of few words are the best men
Epanalepsis
If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, CONSUME YOU IT WILL, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice
Inversion
That glimpse, like all dread glimpses of truth, flashed out form an accidental piecing together of separated possesions- in this case, an old newspaper item and the notes of a dead professor
Syntactic Permutation
Give Cookie
Telegraphic Sentence
Women do household chores, while men are the backbone of society.
Stereotype
World Wide WEB
Dead Metaphor
The members of the all-girl choir sang loudly and proudly Beyonce’s anthem “Run the World (Girls)
Chauvinism
Hisoka realized that whatever he did was never done in hard work- he simply did it because it was “fun”
Hedonism
My sister always has to pick the the most difficult and stressful jobs that nobody else seems to want.
Masochism
The young boy pushed a kid down the stairs and was called into the principal’s office
Sadism
Students admit that a lack of control and structure does not create a very effective learning environment
Anarchy
I have no desire to attend school because there’s nothing meaningful happening there
Nihilism
Mary Shelly’s book Frankenstein is an unrealistic story which relies heavily on emotion and imagination
Romanticism
Walden, a reflection upon living simply in natural surroundings, is one of the most well-known texts from this literary period
Transcendentalism
Before a scientist will publish their theories in a scientific journal, all hypotheses must be supported by data and experimental research
Empiricism
I don’t know if there’s a god or not
Agnostic
I know there is no god
Atheist
Early in his life, Sautama Guatama gave up his personal posessions, family, and city life to live a lifestyle which would help him find the meaning of life
Ascetic
Thinking and praying over doing and action
Mysticism
Oedipus parents believed that if they killed their baby son, the horrible prophecy regarding Oedipus’ future would not come true-the parents were wrong..
Fatalism
As we walked down the streets of Venice together, I felt nothing but embarrassment as my brother obnoxiously shouted “Merica” in the faces of everyone we passed
Ethnocentric
A family who sells their worldly possessions and moves to the wilderness would be advocates of this belief
Primitivism
Women’s health magazine recently published an article titled, “9 Health Benefits of Chocolate.” However, it is still not logical to assume that chocolate should be eaten at every meal.
Pragmatic
An employee thinks of his new job promotion as a reward for all his hard work and believes that this will lead to more advancements in the future
Optimism
An employee thinks that her job promotion was a fluke and will not happen again. She believes that more bad things will come in the future.
Pessimism
You can encourage a baby to be a musician, learn languages, or be a professional football player
Tabula Rasa
