Vocabulary Practice from Lecture Notes

This set of flashcards includes vocabulary terms along with their definitions from the lecture notes.

Travelogue

A speech or film about travel.

Monologue

A speech by one person; a soliloquy.

Dialogue

Speech between two or more people; a conversational passage in a play or narrative.

Analogy

Resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike.

Analogous

Similar in some ways but not in others.

Apology

A speech expressing regret for a fault or offense.

Epilogue

A speech directed to the audience at the conclusion of a play or book.

Graphite

Soft, black lustrous form of carbon found in nature and used in pencils for writing.

Calligraphy

The art of fine handwriting.

Monogram

Two or more letters entwined together in one design.

Hologram

A three-dimensional photograph made using lasers.

Monograph

A book written about one specific subject.

Autograph

The writing of oneself; one's signature.

Program

A listing of things to follow; printed announcement of events.

Carollogram

A written tracing showing the contractions of the heart.

Seismo

An instrument for recording (writing) the intensity and duration of an earthquake.

Choreography

The creating and arranging of dance movements.

Steingraber

One who uses narrow or small writing (shorthand); a person who takes dictation in shorthand.

Diagram

A drawing that explains something.

Topography

A detailed drawing (writing) on a map of the surface features of a region showing their relative positions and elevations.

Geography

A writing about the Earth; a science dealing with the Earth and its life.