Vocabulary Lesson 3 Flashcards
Direct opposite
antithesis
Hostility; active opposition
antagonism
Of doubtful authenticity; counterfeit; fictitious
apocryphal
Hard to do; strenuous; difficult
arduous
Able to put one’s thoughts into words easily and clearly; speaking well
articulate
To calm or soothe; to satisfy
assuage
To waste away
atrophy
To increase or enlarge; to become greater in size; add to
augment
Stern in manner or appearance; strict in morals
austere
A person who supports the principle of subjection to authority instead of individual freedom; one who favors blind submission to authority
authoritarian
A device used to produce figurative language
figure of speech
This term describes traditions for each genre; these conventions help to define each genre
generic conventions
The major category into which a literary work fits
genre
This term literally means “sermon,” but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice
homily
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
hyperbole
The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions
imagery
To draw reasonable conclusion from the information presented
inference/infer
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
invective
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true
irony/ironic
When the words literally state the opposite of the writer’s (or speaker’s) true meaning
verbal irony
When events turn out the opposite of what was expected
situational irony
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
dramatic irony
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
loose sentence
