Vocab

Test 180c

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