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Futile
useless; hopeless
Ethos
credibility; ethical appeal; convincing by the author's character.
Deduce
arrive at the fact or a conclusion by reasoning; draw a logical conclusion.
Commotion
A state of confused and noisy disturbances.
Democratic
Relation to, or supporting democracy or its principles.
Adjective
Modifies (describes) nouns and pronouns.
Augmenting
Increasing; enlarging
Direct Characterization
the narrator makes a direct statement about a character's personality
Conform
behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
Ambiguities
statements or events whose meanings are unclear
Exile
banish
Construe
Interpret in a particular way
Allocation
An amount or portion of a resource assigned to a particular recipient
Logos
logical; persuading by the use of reasoning
Evanesced
Faded away
Loathsome
disgusting; detestable
Lurid
gruesome, revolting
Languish
having a desire for something or someone who is not present
Explicit
Clearly and directly stated
Exposition
the setting and characters are introduced
Conjunction
connects words or groups of words
Claim
A statement of the main point; tells what one thinks is true based on knowledge and research
Proclamation
a formal public statement
Procure
Get; Obtain
Pronoun
replaces a noun
Audience
The group of readers to whom the writing (Piece) is directed
Arresting
Striking; Eye-catching
Grotesque
having a strange bizarre design; shocking or offensive
Pun
A play on words involving either one word that has to two to different meanings or two words that sound alike but have different meanings
Subject
The topic of the writing
Resolute
Firmly determined
Verb
Shows an action or state of being
Preposition
Relates a noun or pronoun to some other part of a sentence
Bias
Mental leaning or inclination; partiality
Epidemics
Widespread occurrences of a particular undesirable phenomenon
Comic Relief
The introduction of a humorous character or situation into a otherwise tragic sequence of events
Predominant
Having greater frequency, strength, influence
Emancipation
Freeing someone form the control of another
Pretentious
Grand in a showy way
Apex
Highest point; peak
Bandwagon effect
A fallacy based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid
Citation
Documentation of sources used in research
Gentiles
Any people not Jewish
Articulate
Expressing oneself clearly and easily
Pathos
Emotional; persuading by appealing to the readers emotions
Atonement
Act of making up for a wrongdoing or an injury
Penury
Extreme poverty
Recoiling
Staggering back
Precluded
Prevented
Lamentable
Distressing; sad
Syntax
The arrangement of words with similar meanings
Terminally
A disease terminating in death
Circular reasoning
A type of reasoning in which the proposition, creates a circle in reasoning the premises, which is supported by proposition, creating a circle in reasoning where no useful information is being shared
Adverb
Modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Zeal
Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
Passive voice
Expresses an action done to its subject
Dogma
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true
Diction
The specific word choices the author makes
Pensive
Deeply thoughtful
Epiphany
Moment of sudden understanding
Speaker
The voice that tells the story
Ominous
Threatening
Disperse
Break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely
Counterclaim
Argument against a claim; provable and supportable by reasons and evidence
Vial
Small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
Infer
Conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statement
Gallant
Brave and Noble
Haughty
Arrgoant
Repetition
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer
Active voice
Expresses an action done by its subject
Sequence
Information is listed step by step
Self-Contradiction
When the argument contradicts itself and cannot possibly be true
Scruples
Misgivings about something one feels is wrong
Scourge
Instruments for inflicting punishment
Sallow
Of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion
Rigid
Not flexible; not able to be changed or adapted
Rhetoric
The art of speaking or writing effectively
Retribution
Payback; punishment for a misdeed
Resolution
The outcome of the conflict
Noun
Names people, places, things, and ideas
Naturalist
An expert in or student of natural history; life scientist, wildlife expert
Naive
Unsophisticated
Muted
Weaker; less intense
Monopolized
Obtained exclusive possession or control of
Extrapolating
Arriving at a conclusion by making inferences based on known facts
False causality
When one cites to sequential events as evidence that the first causes the second
Duration
Time that a thing continues or lasts
Dramatic Irony
A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true
Foil
A character who provides strong contrast to a main character
Flashbacks
Section of a narrative that describes a time before the present time of the story
First Person Point of View
The narrator is the character who participates in the action and uses pronouns I and WE
Fickle
Changeable
Analogy
Shows the relationship between pairs of words
Aloofness
Emotional distance
Entrails
Internal organs
Enjoined
Directed or ordered to do something
Eloquence
Speech or writing that is graceful and persuasive
eerie
Mysterious
Eddies
Circular currents
Afflicted
Suffering or sickened
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