Englsh Vocab 12

CP english vocab test 12

frame device

a story within a story. An example is Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in which the primary tales are told within the “frame story” of the pilgrimage to Canterbury

hubris

excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

implication

a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly.  NOTE:  the author/sender implies; the reader/audience infers.

irony

the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs

motivation

a character’s incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act

parenthetical

a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain

pedantic

characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship

synesthesia

describing one kind of sensation in terms of another (“a loud color,” “a sweet sound”)

tone

the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience

topic

the subject treated in a paragraph or work