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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Allegory (n.)

etymology: Greek

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Story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one

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Alliteration (n.)

etymology: Latin

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Allusion (n.)

etymology: Late Latin/French

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An expression designed o call something to mind

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Ambiguity (n.)

etymology: Latin/Late Middle English

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The quality of being open to more than one interpretation

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Analogy (n.)

etymology: Greek/French

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A comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation and clarification

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Antithesis (n.)

etymology: Greek

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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Colloquial (adj.)

etymology: Latin

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Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary

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Connotation (n.)

etymology: Medieval Latin

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An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Denotation (n.)

etymology: Late Latin

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The literal or primary meaning of a word in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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Fiction (n.)

etymology: Latin

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

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Extended metaphor (n.)

etymology: Old French

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When an author exploits a single metaphor in order to link multiple things throughout a story or poem

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Figurative language (n.)

etymology: Old French

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A language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

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Figure of speech (n.)

etymology: Old French/Old English

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A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect

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Genre (n.)

etymology: French

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A category of artistic composition as in music or literature

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Imagery (n.)

etymology: Old French

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The use of vivid words to paint a picture for the reader in their mind

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Inference/infer (n.)/(v.)

etymology: Latin

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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Irony/Ironical (verbal, situational, dramatic) (n.)

etymology: Latin/Greek

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a language that normally signifies the opposite, typically humorously or emphatically

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Personification (n.)

etymology: French

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the giving of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman

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Point of View (n.)

etymology: French/Latin

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a particular attitude or way of considering a matter

a matter

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Prose (n.)

etymology: Old French/Latin

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a written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without structure

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Repetition (n.)

etymology: Old French/Latin

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the reoccurrence of something that has already been said, done or written

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Satire (n.)

etymology: Middle French/Latin

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity

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Semantics (n.)

etymology: French/German

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the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning

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Symbolism (n.)

etymology: French

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an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind

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Theme (n.)

etymology: Old French/Middle French/Latin/Greek

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a topic

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Thesis (n.)

etymology: Latin/Greek

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a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

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Tone (n.)

etymology: Old French/Medieval Latin

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a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood

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Transition (n.)

etymology: Latin

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the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

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Voice (n.)

etymology: Old French/Middle French

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a particular opinion or attitude expressed

English Honors Summer Assignment (1 decks)

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