"Speak" Study Guide
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kaitlyn_chico on October 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 demerit | a mark against someone for misconduct |
| inconspicuous | not noticeable: invisible |
| wan | dark, gloomy, pale in color, sickly, unhappy |
| degrading | to bring to low esteem or into disrepute |
| psuedo | pretend, fake, false |
| errant | straying from the right course |
| indoctrination | teaching someone to accept an idea or principle without critisism |
| burrow | a hole or hideout animals use to take shelter, a hideout |
| sanctuary | a sacred place offering refuge or safety |
| refurbished | to brighten, freshen, or polish up again, renovate |
| spastic | of, relating to, characterized by, or affected with or as if with spasm |
| xenophobic | unreasonable fear or hatred or foreigners |
| bleak | lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness |
| abysmal | wretched to the point of despair, immeasurably bad |
| demure | affectedly modest, reserved, or serious |
| alliteration | occurence of a first letter/sound in a row |
| assonance | repetition of a vowel sound in nonrhyming, stressed sylables |
| onomatopoeia | word associated with a sound |
| imagery | visually descriptive/figurative language |
| mataphor | simile (comparison) without using "like" or "as" |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| hypebole | exaggerated statements or claims |
| personification | human qualities given to nonhuman things |
| allusion | making a reference to something (music, people, etc.) |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
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