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phot, phos

phot, phos

light (1)

phototropic

tending to grow or move toward light

phosphorescent

giving off light without heat

photogenic

attractive in photos

luc

light (2)

lucid

easy to understand; clear

elucidate

to make clear by explaining

translucent

allowing light to pass through

spec, spect

to look at

circumspect

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

prospect

that which is expected

specter

a ghost or phantom

vid, vis

to see, to look

invidious

hateful or spiteful

providential

happening by good fortune

improvise

to create without any forethought or preparation

nunc, nounc

to announce

renounce

to reject by declaration

pronouncement

a declaration of an opinion; a judgment

voc, vok

to call

invoke

to call on for support

provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

revoke

to make invalid; to deactivate

fa

to speak

ineffable

unutterable; indescribable

infantile

childish; immature

affable

easy to converse with; friendly

dic, dict

to say, to tell

edict

an official order

indict

to charge with a crime; to accuse

dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

hib, hab

to have; to hold

prohibit

to stop someone from doing something; to prevent

inhibit

to get in the way of; hinder

fus, found

to pour out

suffuse

to fill up from within; to spread throughout

confound

to confuse and frustrate

infuse

to inject; to fill something or someone with

ten, tain, tin

to hold

sustain

to support for an extended period of time

abstain

to not do something; to refrain

tenacious

stubbornly persistent; determined

retinue

a group that attends an important person

ple

to fill

replete

filled up with

implement

to put into action; to execute

deplete

to use up; to waste

asyndeton

intentionally eliminating conjunctions

polysyndeton

repeated use of conjunctions, emphasizing listed words

juxtaposition

placing two elements side by side to compare or contrast

alliteration

placing two words of the same beginning letter near each other

enjambment

grammatical construction that scrolls over to the next line

verisimilitude

similar to the truth; convinces readers that something is real

assonance

repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

apostrophe

speaking to an object, someone, or something that's not alive, as if it is

paradox

a contradiction in which there's truth; often used in religious and love poetry

oxymoron

placing words that contradict each other next to each other

slant rhyme

a rhyme with similar, yet unidentical sounds

synesthesia

describing one sense in terms of another

anaphora

consecutive repetition of words or phrases

ballad

composed of quatrains (4-line stanzas)

naturalist writing

writing style free of figurative language

episodic poem

a poem that expands on a single moment

literary analysis? (Mr. Hodges)

1.) notice stuff
2.) think about stuff