Juniors of 2014, first semester final exam vocabulary
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| 1988261155 | allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 1988261156 | allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 1 | |
| 1988261157 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 2 | |
| 1988261158 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 3 | |
| 1988261159 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 4 | |
| 1988261160 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas | 5 | |
| 1988261161 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | 6 | |
| 1988261162 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction | 7 | |
| 1988261163 | atmosphere (mood) | the emotional background created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described | 8 | |
| 1988261164 | caricature | a verbal description to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 9 | |
| 1988261165 | clause | a grammatical unit with a subject and verb | 10 | |
| 1988261166 | climax | the turning point in a work | 11 | |
| 1988261167 | colloquial/colloquialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 12 | |
| 1988261168 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor | 13 | |
| 1988261169 | connotation | the associative meaning of a word (implied meaning) | 14 | |
| 1988261170 | denotation | the literal, dictionary definition of a word | 15 | |
| 1988261171 | diction | the writer's word choices | 16 | |
| 1988261172 | didactic | using words that have the primary aim of teaching or instructing | 17 | |
| 1988261173 | euphemism | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 18 | |
| 1988261174 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 19 | |
| 1988261175 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry a literal meaning | 20 | |
| 1988261176 | genre | the major category into which a literary work fits | 21 | |
| 1988261177 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 22 | |
| 1988261178 | imagery | sensory details or figurative language related to the five senses (visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, olfactory) | 23 | |
| 1988261179 | inference | drawing a reasonable conclusion from information presented | 24 | |
| 1988261180 | invective | an emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 25 | |
| 1988261181 | irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 26 | |
| 1988261182 | verbal irony | when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) meaning | 27 | |
| 1988261183 | situational irony | when events turn out the opposite of what was expected | 28 | |
| 1988261184 | dramatic irony | when facts or events are unknown to a character but known to the reader | 29 | |
| 1988261185 | litotes | understatement | 30 | |
| 1988261186 | metaphor | a comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other | 31 | |
| 1988261187 | metonymy | when the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 32 | |
| 1988261188 | motif | a unifying phrase, idea, or event presented through an entire work | 33 | |
| 1988261189 | onomatopoeia | natural sounds imitated in words | 34 | |
| 1988261190 | oxymoron | a group of contradictory terms | 35 | |
| 1988261191 | paradox | a statement that is self-contradictory but, upon closer inspection, has some degree of truth | 36 | |
| 1988261192 | parallelism | structural similarity in writing | 37 | |
| 1988261193 | anaphora | the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines | 38 | |
| 1988261194 | isocolon | a series of clauses of the same length | 39 | |
| 1988261195 | chiasmus | the use of two clauses related by a reversal of structure | 40 | |
| 1988261196 | parody | a work that ridicules another through close imitation | 41 | |
| 1988261197 | pastoral | a work of literature dealing with rural life | 42 | |
| 1988261198 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 43 | |
| 1988261199 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | 44 | |
| 1988261200 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes inanimate things by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 45 | |
| 1988261201 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 1988261202 | 1st person POV | narrator of the story | 47 | |
| 1988261203 | 3rd person omniscient POV | 3rd person pronouns; narrator has access to every character's thoughts | 48 | |
| 1988261204 | 3rd person limited POV | 3rd person pronouns; narrator has access to one character's thoughts | 49 | |
| 1988261205 | 3rd person objective POV | 3rd person pronouns; narrator does not have access to any character's thoughts | 50 | |
| 1988261206 | 2nd person POV | narrator uses the pronoun "you" | 51 | |
| 1988261207 | polysyndeton | using many coordinating conjunctions | 52 | |
| 1988261208 | pun | a humorous play on words using similar-sounding words to suggest different meanings | 53 | |
| 1988261209 | repetition | the duplication, either exact or opposite, of any element of language | 54 | |
| 1988261210 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 55 | |
| 1988261211 | assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 56 | |
| 1988261212 | consonance | the recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity | 57 | |
| 1988261213 | rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words | 58 | |
| 1988261214 | rhetorical modes | purposes of writing and speaking, also referred to as "modes of discourse" | 59 | |
| 1988261215 | exposition | a work that explains and analyzes information | 60 | |
| 1988261216 | persuasion | a work that proves validity | 61 | |
| 1988261217 | description | a work that paints a picture for the reader | 62 | |
| 1988261218 | narration | a work that tells a story | 63 | |
| 1988261219 | sarcasm | bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule | 64 | |
| 1988261220 | satire | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 65 | |
| 1988261221 | setting | the time, place, and mood of a composition | 66 | |
| 1988261222 | simile | a comparison using like, as, or than | 67 | |
| 1988261223 | style | the combination of an author's choice of syntax, diction, rhetorical and literary devices | 68 | |
| 1988261224 | symbol/symbolism | anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 69 | |
| 1988261225 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole, or vice versa | 70 | |
| 1988261226 | theme | central idea or message | 71 | |
| 1988261227 | thesis | a statement that directly expresses the author's position, opinion, purpose, or meaning | 72 | |
| 1988261228 | tone | the author's attitude toward something | 73 | |
| 1988261229 | trope | figures of speech such as image, symbol, and metaphor | 74 | |
| 1988261230 | understatement (meiosis) | a statement avoiding exaggeration; also, litotes | 75 | |
| 1988261231 | verisimilitude | a quality of realism in a work to make it seem true to life | 76 | |
| 1988261232 | voice | the personality of the writer on paper | 77 | |
| 1988261233 | wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 78 | |
| 1988261234 | zeugma | using one word to govern two or more parts of a sentence | 79 | |
| 1988261235 | elliptical construction | omitting a word of phrase from a sentence for effect (example: She loves chocolate; he loves fruit.) | 80 | |
| 1988261236 | epigram | a witty saying, typically using contrast (example: He was too foolish to commit folly.) | 81 | |
| 1988266899 | epithet | a repeated word or phrase to describe a person (example: grey-eyed goddess) | 82 |
