| Term | Definition |
|---|
| condone | (v.) to pardon or overlook |
| futile | (adj.) not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous |
| affable | (adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| pungent | (adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| tangible | (adj.) capable of being touched; real, concrete |
| foil | a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another |
| irony (3types) | - Irony- a perception of inconsistency often humorous in which the significance or understanding of something is changed. |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses |
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