Lang + Lit (H) Semester 2 Finals Study

admonish

to gently warn, encourage, or be cautious

affliction

state of pain and constant stressa

cadaverous

an adjective relating to corpses

calibrate

to adjust something, to make it precise/accurate

caricature

exagerrated representation that humourously highlights a person’s features

chauvinist

a person believing their group is superior to others

cognizant

to be aware of something, to be mindful

confound

to confuse, frustrate, or put someone in discomfit

dissonance

to have lack of agreement, inconsistency in ideas, feelings

edifice

large, massive structure or building

efface

to eliminate, to wipe out

embezzle

to steal something that is entrusted to you

embroil

to involve someone in conflict

emissary

to be a secret agent or representative on a mission

ensue

to pursue, to happen as a result of something

entity

an independent existence or a being

ambiguous

to be unclear or have multiple meanings

arbitrary

to have no clear reasoning, or based on random choice

austere

to be stern, cold, or strict in appearance or matter

corroborate

to support or prove with evidence

cryptic

having a mysterious or hidden meaning

deference

to be respectful to someoned

disparage

to speak slightly negative about something

elusive

hard to understand or identify

engender

to cause or give rise to a feeling or situation

erratic

to be unpredicted

fortuitous

to be lucky or fortunate

gregarious

to be enjoyable, sociableg

hypothetical

to be based on a suggested idea or theory from a hypothesis

impartial

not biased, being fair and equal

incisive

to be direct and sharp

induce

to bring about, cause, or give rise to

judicious

having or showing good judgement or sense

meticulous

showing great attention to detail, being precise and careful

pragmatic

to deal with things in a practical, realistic way

substantiate

to provide evidence to prove truth of

alliteration

repetition of similar, close consonant sounds in words

ballad

a narrative verse in a poem or song

enjambment

the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

meter

an arranged and measured rhythm

simile

comparing two unrelated ideas using like or as

theme

central idea of a story that provides a deeper concept about life or lesson that the authout wants reader to understand

internal rhyme

rhyme between a word within a line and at the end of the same line

iambic pentameter

pattern in a poem with 10 syllables per line, with stressed and unstressed beats

allusion

indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea

consonance

recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables (piTTer-paTTer)

free verse

verse whose meter and rhythm is irregular

onomatopoeia

the creation of words that imitate natural sounds

stanza

divison of a poem consisting of several lines arranged in a recurring pattern

tone

the author’s attitude towards a subject or writing

slant rhyme

rhyme in which either the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables sound similar (try,tree)

assonance

repetiton of vowels in words in sound (smooth,grooves,moved)

diction

choice of words in regard to correctness or effectiveness

metaphor

comparing two unrelated ideas

rhythm

varying repeated pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables

symbol

an object or idea that is used to represent a concept

verse

composition written in lines with a certain structure or rhythm

sonnet

poem made up of 14 lines (each usually consisting 10 syllables) which usually consist of an iambic pentameter

romeo, he kills 2 people, how does Romeo die

husband of Juliet, son of montague, kills Paris and tybalt, Romeo drinks poison to die

lady capulet

juliet’s mom, wife of capulet

montague

romeo’s father

prince escalus, related to 2 ppl

prince of Verona who orders not anybody to fight in the streets, banishes Romeo, related to mercutio and paris

juliet, how does she die

daughter of Capulet, romeo’s wife, kills herself with dagger

capulet

juliet’s father, arranges juliet’s marriage with paris

tybalt, who does he kill + why is he dangerous

nephew to lady Capulet, he kills mercutio and is slain by romeo, he is dangerous because he often seeks violence and not peace

benvolio

romeo’s friend, and nephew to the montague

nurse, how she helpful in Romeo and juliet

nurse to Juliet who has known her for her whole life, she is like a messenger between Romeo and juliet

lady montague, how does she die

wife of montague and romeo’s mother. she dies in grief of romeo’s death

mercutio, related to who

romeo’s friend who is slain by tybalt, related to prince escalus

friar lawrence, what does he help Romeo do, what does he help Juliet do, what does friar do at end

a holy mentor to romeo, helps Romeo get married to Juliet secretly, helping fake juliet’s death, friar tells the truth to everybody

paris, related to who, how does he die?

someone of noble wealth who wants to marry Juliet, related to prince escalus, he fights Romeo and is slain by him