Vocabulary Words and Literary Terms

Vocabulary flashcards covering English vocabulary words with parts of speech and key literary terms from the lecture notes.

Squander (v.)

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Flounder (v.)

Behave awkwardly or with difficulty

Elude (v.)

Be incomprehensible to, failure to understand

Reprimand (v.)

Censure severely or angrily

Irascible (adj.)

Having or showing a tendency to be angry

Staccato (adj.)

Abrupt, disjoined, short

Turmoil (n.)

A state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion

Indentation (n.)

An angular cut (Such as a knot) or something resembling such a cut in an edge

Competent (adj.)

Having the capacity to function or develop in a particular way

Acquiescence (n.)

Passive acceptance or submission

Archetype

A commonly occurring theme in a certain type of character throughout the history of literature

Onomatopoeia

Sounds or noises expressed in words

Symbol

A mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird or the mockingjay in The Hunger Games

Theme

The message of the story

Simile

Comparison using like or as

Fallacy

Erroneous reasoning that renders arguments logically unsound

Paradox

Statement that seems to say two opposite things, but that may be true