Week 22 Vocab

Plot: the series of happenings in a literary work.

The point of view: the relation between the teller of the story and the characters in it.

Pun: a play on words; a humorous use of a word with different meanings or two or more words with the same or nearly the same sound but different meanings.

Rhyme: exact repetition of sounds in at least the final accented syllables of two or more words.

Rhyme scheme: The pattern of rhyme. The traditional way to mark these rhyme patterns is to assign a letter of the alphabet to each rhyming sound at the end of each line.

1. hoi polloi (noun) – the common people; the masses.

2. hypothetical (adjective) – based on a suggested idea or theory; not real; supposed.

3. iconoclast (noun) – a person who attacks or criticizes traditional beliefs or institutions.

4. idiom (noun) – an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.

5. incognito (adjective/adverb) – in disguise or using a false identity to avoid being recognized.

6. ingenuous (adjective) – innocent, sincere, and unsuspecting.

7. innocuous (adjective) – harmless; not likely to offend or injure.

8. instigate (verb) – to provoke, urge on, or stir up (especially something bad).

9. irascible (adjective) – easily angered; prone to temper outbursts.

10. jaundiced (adjective) – affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy; or having a yellowish discoloration (literal meaning).