English Final
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- alleviation
- decrease in severity; relief
- insipid
- lacking in flavor; bland
- mood
- the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
- fitfully
- in an irregular way; unsteadily
- alliteration
- the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- rhetorical question
- a question to which no answer is expected because the answer is obvious
- personification
- a figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics
- allegory
- a literary work in which most of the people, objects, and events represent abstract qualities, such as kindness or greed
- symbolism
- the use of a person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or feeling
- conventional form
- follow certain fixed rules: limited number of lines, specified meter and rhyme scheme, and a definite structure
- pervade
- to spread throughout
- grotesque
- having a bizarre, fantastic appearance
- tone
- a writer's attitude toward his or her subject
- hyperbole
- a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect
- metaphor
- a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common
- imagery
- the descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences
- foreshadow
- a writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in a story
- simile
- a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common using a word such as like or as
- sagacious
- wise
- affinity
- a kinship or likeness
- aphorism
- a brief statement, usually one sentence long, that expresses a general principle or truth about life
- organic form
- takes its shape and pattern from the content of the poem itself
- annihilate
- to destroy completely; wipe out
- irony
- something you didn't expect to happen; contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
- theme
- the central idea or ideas the writer intends to share with the reader
- obstinate
- stubborn
- emaciated
- excessively thin; wasted away
- vivacious
- full of energy; lively
- deficiency
- a lack
- free verse
- uses rhyme although not in the regular form of meter. also depends on other sound devices like repetition
- insoluble
- having no solution; unsolvable
- allusion
- an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar
- contagion
- the spreading of disease
- aghast
- overcome with fear; terrified