english final study guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 affliction | an associate, partner |
| benediction | a blessing |
| calumny | a false and malicious accusation |
| defunct | no longer in existence |
| elite | the choice or best of a group |
| enmity | deep-seated hostility, often mutual |
| facade | deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building |
| desist | to stop; forbear |
| deplete | to use up gradually |
| delude | to mislead; to fool |
| deceive | to trick |
| cadaverous | or or like a corpse; pale, gaunt, thin |
| carp | to complain or to find fault in a petty or nagging way |
| beget | to produce; to be the parent of |
| antiquated | no longer used or useful; very old |
| adjunct | a subordinate; an assistant |
| climax | the point of highest interest and suspense in a literary work |
| allegory | a work in which each element symbolizes, or represents, something else |
| analogy | a comparison oc two things that are alike |
| antagonist | opponent; villian |
| flashback | a section of a literary work that presents an even or series of events that occurred earlier than the current time in the work |
| foreshadowing | act of presenting events that occur in the future |
| imagery | language that creates a concrete representative of an object |
| irony | difference between appearance and reality |
| interior monologue | presents the private sensations, thoughts, and emotions of a character |
| motivation | a force that moves a character to think, feel, or behave in a certain way |
| plot | series of events related to a central conflict |
| point of view | vantage point from which a story is told |
| regional dialect | dialect from a particular place |
| setting | the place and time from where a story is told |
| stereotype | an uncritically accepted fixed or conventional idea, particularly such an idea held about whole groups of people |
| symbolism | when a symbol stands for or represents both itself and something else |
| paradox | a seemingly contradictory statement, idea, or event |
| theme | a central idea in a literary work |
| imminent | impending; threatening; about to occur |
| indelible | permanent; incapapble of being erased or removed |
| indifference | lack or concern |
| livid | black and blue; colored like a bruise |
| deftly | skillfully |
| elated | filled with joy |
| odious | disgusting; offensive |
| surmise | imagine or infer on slight sounds |
| hogan | A cone-shape Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with adobe |
| relent | give in or slacken |
| A caucasian man, the 15 year old boy, bobby fischer, and Lindo jong | who were the characters in Rules of the Game? |
| SHerlock holmes, Watson, Dr. Roylott, Julia, Helen, Miss Stoner, | who were the cahracters in Speckled Band? |
| Mrs. Wilson, Johnny, Boyd | who were the characters in After You, My Dear Alphonse? |
| Chee, Old Man Fat, Chee's daughter | who were the characters in Chee's daughter? |
| the barber, the customer Torres, | who were the characters in Lather and Nothing Else? |
| Framton Nuttel, the neice, Mrs. Sappleton | who were the characters in The Open Window? |
| Mme. Loisel, her husand, Madame Foestier, | who were the characters in the Necklace? |
| Amy Tan | Rules of the game author? |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Speckled band author? |
| shirley jackson | after you, my dear alphonse author? |
| juanita platero and syowin miller | chee's daughter author? |
| hernando tellez | lather and nothing else author? |
| sake | the open window author? |
| guy de maupassant | necklace author? |
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