ENG. III Test Wed. 9/6/06
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- etiquette
- rules for proper behavior
- acclivity
- an upward slope
- embrasure
- an opening
- imperious
- ADJ demanding; overbeearing; urgent
- dictum
- a statement or saying
- ramification
- a branchlike division
- pilfer
- V to steal
- periodicity
- a recurrence at regular intervals
- oscillation
- the act of swinging back and forth
- preternaturally
- ADV supernatural; abnormally
- malign
- ADJ evil
- palisades
- wooden poles with a sharp top used as a fence around a fort
- conceits
- strange or fanciful ideas
- mollified
- V to be soothed or calm
- omnipotent
- ADJ all powerful
- ineffable
- ADJ something that cannot be expressed in words
- dolorous
- ADJ sad; mournful
- a recurring image, concept, or character type that seems to possess universal significance
- Archetype
- one that is separated from society because of certain traits that make them unaccepted by society
- Outcast
- one that goes against another and of what is accepted by the rest of society
- Rebel
- represent something other than what it is
- Symbolism
- short personal poems
- Lyric Poetry
- contradictory but, somehow, makes sense
- Paradox
- "I"
- 1st Person
- "You"
- 2nd Person
- 3rd but focuses just on one character
- Third-Person Limited
- 3rd but all characters are involved instead of focusing on one
- Third-Person Omniscient
- a hint earlier in the story that predicts later events
- foreshadowing
- a narrator that you can't trust for some reason
- unreliable narrator
- someone who was there
- primary source
- books and other people(doctors, professionals)
- Secondary source
- invariably stresses spiritual concerns over earthly concerns
- Puritan Literature
- leaders of religious movement
- "A Great Awakening"