Vocabulary Lesson 3

Question 0

Direct opposite

Answer 0

antithesis

Question 1

Hostility; active opposition

Answer 1

antagonism

Question 2

Of doubtful authenticity; counterfeit; fictitious

Answer 2

apocryphal

Question 3

Hard to do; strenuous; difficult

Answer 3

arduous

Question 4

Able to put one’s thoughts into words easily and clearly; speaking well

Answer 4

articulate

Question 5

To calm or soothe; to satisfy

Answer 5

assuage

Question 6

To waste away

Answer 6

atrophy

Question 7

To increase or enlarge; to become greater in size; add to

Answer 7

augment

Question 8

Stern in manner or appearance; strict in morals

Answer 8

austere

Question 9

A person who supports the principle of subjection to authority instead of individual freedom; one who favors blind submission to authority

Answer 9

authoritarian

Question 10

A device used to produce figurative language

Answer 10

figure of speech

Question 11

This term describes traditions for each genre; these conventions help to define each genre

Answer 11

generic conventions

Question 12

The major category into which a literary work fits

Answer 12

genre

Question 13

This term literally means “sermon,” but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice

Answer 13

homily

Question 14

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

Answer 14

hyperbole

Question 15

The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions

Answer 15

imagery

Question 16

To draw reasonable conclusion from the information presented

Answer 16

inference/infer

Question 17

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language

Answer 17

invective

Question 18

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true

Answer 18

irony/ironic

Question 19

When the words literally state the opposite of the writer’s (or speaker’s) true meaning

Answer 19

verbal irony

Question 20

When events turn out the opposite of what was expected

Answer 20

situational irony

Question 21

When facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or force of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work

Answer 21

dramatic irony

Question 22

A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

Answer 22

loose sentence