Vocabulary/ Literary Terms Final
Terms
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- mediocre
- moderate to inferior in quality
- critique
- a detailed review
- plot
- what happens in a story
- candid
- frank; honest
- dexterity
- skill and grace in physical movement; cleverness
- orthodox
- following established beliefs
- epic simile
- extended comparison
- dramatic irony
- audience/reader knows something character does not
- esteem
- respect
- adept
- highly skilled
- foreshadowing
- hint or clue to the outcome of a story
- eradication
- pulling up by the roots
- diffident
- shy; timid
- stagnant
- still and foul
- precocious
- advanced; showing early maturity
- prevalent
- widely accepted
- setting
- where and when story takes place
- gloat
- to express self satisfaction
- laudable
- worthy of praise
- climax
- point of highest tension in story
- obtrusive
- unpleasantly bold
- idiosyncrasy
- an unusual habit
- eulogy
- a spoken or written tribute
- hypocritical
- saying one thing but doing the opposite
- accolade
- an award
- veracity
- accuracy or truthfulness
- personification
- giving human qualities to something inanimate
- painstaking
- demanding; requiring great care
- gullible
- easy to deceive
- criterion
- standard of judgement
- allusion
- a reference to another literary work
- obliterate
- to wipe out
- astute
- clever; cunning
- devious
- meant to trick; shifty
- soliloquy
- speech given by character alone on stage
- pugnacious
- eager to fight
- blight
- something that causes harm or ruin
- commend
- to give approval
- aside
- character speaks and others around him/her don't hear
- flaunt
- to show off
- humility
- humbleness