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ACADEMIC ENGLISH 10 STHOLUTI GRAONDE ES!!XAM WITH COMPLETE
Direct Characterization - ANSWER The author directly states a character's traits Characterization - ANSWER A method an author uses to let readers know more aboutthe characters and their personal traits.
Indirect Characterization - ANSWER The character is revealed through theirpersonality, appearance, words, actions, and effect on others
Setting - ANSWER The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. Tone - ANSWER Attitude of author (can be figured out by the connotations anddenotations of words)
Mood - ANSWER The atmospheric feeling of a book (How the characters feel) Theme - ANSWER The message a book, play, or poem is trying to convey Symbolism - ANSWER A device in literature where an object represents an idea. Third person omniscient point of view - ANSWER The narrator knows the thoughts andfeelings of everyone and uses words like "he" or "she"
Third person limited point of view - ANSWER The narrator knows the thoughts andfeelings of only a main character of a story
Second person point of view - ANSWER The narrator tells the story using the pronouns"You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly
First person point of view - ANSWER the narrator is a character in the story and useswords like I, me, we
Imagery - ANSWER Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch,taste)
Metaphor - ANSWER A comparison of two things NOT using "like" or "as" Simile - ANSWER A comparison of two things USING "like" or "as" Juxtaposition - ANSWER Placement of two things closely together to emphasizecomparisons or contrasts
Universal Theme - ANSWER Plot events that are repeated in several stories fromdifferent cultures.
Stage Direction - ANSWER an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicatingthe movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
Dialogue - ANSWER Talking in book (use of quotes) Allusion - ANSWER A reference to a well known thing outside of the book Dramatic Irony - ANSWER Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation isunderstood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
Situational Irony - ANSWER Occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or
Broach - ANSWER (v.) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce,introduce; to break the surface of the water; to pierce; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks Brouhaha - ANSWER (n.) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar orcommotion that goes far beyond what is justified
Carousal - ANSWER (n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavydrinking)
Censurable - ANSWER (adj.) deserving of blame or correction Clangor - ANSWER (n.) a loud ringing sound; (v.) to make a loud ringing noise Corroborate - ANSWER (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify Covert - ANSWER (adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered,secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place
Credulous - ANSWER (adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived Culpable - ANSWER (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation Deference - ANSWER (n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person;great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
Dilatory - ANSWER (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended todelay or postpone
Disavow - ANSWER (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with Disconsolate - ANSWER (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyondconsolation
Discursive - ANSWER (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another,rambling, roving, nomadic
Dun - ANSWER (v.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; (n.) a creditor;(adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy
Egregious - ANSWER (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularlyin an unfavorable sense)
Enthrall - ANSWER (v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison Equanimity - ANSWER (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic Equivocate - ANSWER (v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than oneinterpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous
Evanescent - ANSWER (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy Extenuate - ANSWER (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense bymaking partial excuses
Foist - ANSWER (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring aboutby stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
Fortuitous - ANSWER (adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance
Nonplussed - ANSWER (adj., part.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss Obdurate - ANSWER (adj.) stubborn, unyielding Palpable - ANSWER (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, orrecognized
Penury - ANSWER (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency Pernicious - ANSWER (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal Presentiment - ANSWER (n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune Profligate - ANSWER (adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral;recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending
Prolific - ANSWER (adj.) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse Prosaic - ANSWER (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact,straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
Provocative - ANSWER (adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousingdesire or appetite; irritating, annoying
Recapitulate - ANSWER (v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up Reprobate - ANSWER (n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.)wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn
Sadistic - ANSWER (adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel Sear - ANSWER (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surfaceof; to harden or make unfeeling; to patch, dessicate, singe
Specious - ANSWER (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit Subservient - ANSWER (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient;serving to promote some end
Supposition - ANSWER (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted withoutconclusive evidence
Surfeit - ANSWER (n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causingdisgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess
Thwart - ANSWER (v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate Turgid - ANSWER (adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive inlanguage
Winsome - ANSWER (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlikecharm and innocence)
Clause - ANSWER A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. Phrase - ANSWER A group of words with no verb
based on facts; unbiased Subjective - ANSWER Placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes,opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric.
Inference - ANSWER The act or process of deriving by reasoning; conclude or judgefrom premises or evidence:
Figurative - ANSWER Of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially ametaphor; metaphorical and not literal
Connotative - ANSWER (Of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of anassociative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning
Rhetorical - ANSWER Of, relating to, or concerned with the art of influencing the thoughtand conduct of an audience, or the effective use of language.
Denotative - ANSWER The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word orexpression, as distinguished from (or in contrast to) the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it Explicit - ANSWER Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. Implicit - ANSWER Suggested but not plainly stated or expressed. Gerund - ANSWER A verb functioning as a noun.
