English 9 Sem. 1 Exam SG

complicated, detailed, diffucult to understand

Intricate

ok quality, not very good, average

Mediocre

a crack, split, or break in something

Rift

to destroy completely

Annihilate

not controlled or restrained

Unbridled

to overcome

Surmount

to incline to beforehand

Predispose

brief and to the point

Terse

not stopping, going all the time

Incessant

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Dilligent

careful, cautious

Circumspect

approach or admittance to places or things/to get at, obtain

Access

believable

Credible

to make easier, to assist

Facilitate

unnesscesary

Superfluous

dreary, gloomy, sad

Doleful

to make up for, repay for services

Compensate

above all others, cheif in importance

Paramount

not genuine, not true, not valid

Spurious

to conquer by force, to bring under complete control

Subjugate

when a character is speaking in the act or on the stage by him or herself

Soliloquy

a poem of 14 lines, typically has 10 syllbales per line, and has any number of ryhme scheme

sonnet

couplet

two lines of verse in poetry

when a character speaks under his or her breath

aside

how something is said that reflects the mood/emotion

tone

how the author wants the story to make the character feel

mood

reference to something that has happened in the past

Allusion

"Alligators Ate Awesome Apples" is an example of...

alliteration