Study sets matching "english 11 honors new edition"
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sibilant
maudlin
surreptitious
contemptuous
part of speech: adjective... definition: hissing or making a hush…
part of speech: adjective... definition: self-pitying, overemotio…
part of speech: adjective... definition: secretive, sneaky, sly... s…
part of speech: adjective... definition: having great dislike/dis…
sibilant
part of speech: adjective... definition: hissing or making a hush…
maudlin
part of speech: adjective... definition: self-pitying, overemotio…
Ameliorate
Aplomb
Bombastic
Callow
(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
(adj) pompous or overblown in language
(adj) immature and inexperienced
Ameliorate
(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
Aplomb
(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
brevity
comport
concise
demure
(n.) shortness; briefness or conciseness in speech or writing
(v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
(adj.) expressing much in a few words
(adj.) sober or serious in manner, modest
brevity
(n.) shortness; briefness or conciseness in speech or writing
comport
(v.) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Refutation
An appeal to emotion. Pathos arguments may use loaded words to…
An appeal to reason. It occurs when a writer tries to convince…
Ethos is basically an appeal to credibility. The writer is see…
To prove wrong by argument or evidence
Pathos
An appeal to emotion. Pathos arguments may use loaded words to…
Logos
An appeal to reason. It occurs when a writer tries to convince…
paraphrase
stanza
speaker
imagery
to put into your own words, especially to achieve greater clar…
a group of lines in a poem
the narrative voice in a literary work who speaks of his or he…
words that appeal to a reader's five senses
paraphrase
to put into your own words, especially to achieve greater clar…
stanza
a group of lines in a poem
frustrate
furtive
gadfly
galvanize
to bring to nothing; to thwart; to baffle
done in a stealthy or secretive manner
a person who annoys others especially by rousing them from com…
to startle into sudden activity
frustrate
to bring to nothing; to thwart; to baffle
furtive
done in a stealthy or secretive manner
Avow
Awry
Belabor
catholic
to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
off course; twisted to one side
To go over repeatedly; usually to an absurd extent
universal ; embracing everything
Avow
to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
Awry
off course; twisted to one side
alliteration
allusion
ambiguity
analogy
The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of…
A reference to a person, place or event meant to create and ef…
A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to e…
A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimil…
alliteration
The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of…
allusion
A reference to a person, place or event meant to create and ef…
inadvertent
frivolous
exhaustive
belittle
unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention
characterized by a lack of seriousness; carefree; unimportant
thorough; comprehensive
to disparage; to regard or portray as less impressive or impor…
inadvertent
unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention
frivolous
characterized by a lack of seriousness; carefree; unimportant
The Quest
The Adventure
The Pursuit
The Initiation / Maturation
The hero searches for something, someone, or somewhere. In rea…
The protagonist goes on an adventure, much like a quest, but w…
In this plot, the focus is on chase, with one person chasing a…
The adolescent comes into his maturity with new awareness and…
The Quest
The hero searches for something, someone, or somewhere. In rea…
The Adventure
The protagonist goes on an adventure, much like a quest, but w…
Aristocratic
Boisterous
Economize
Principle
Adj. Of or pertaining to a person having the tastes, manners,…
Adj. Rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; unrestrained, lo…
V. to practice frugality (fancy word for careful spending); to…
N. a general or fundamental rule or truth on which others are…
Aristocratic
Adj. Of or pertaining to a person having the tastes, manners,…
Boisterous
Adj. Rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; unrestrained, lo…
euphemism
geneocide
immensely
bestiality
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is co…
The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people or n…
A great deal; very much
savagely cruel or depraved behavior
euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is co…
geneocide
The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people or n…
who is the author of Frankenstein?
what is the full title of Frankenstein?
how does the author get the idea for Fr…
due to the structure of the novel, Fran…
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
the idea comes from a nightmare
a frame narrative
who is the author of Frankenstein?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
what is the full title of Frankenstein?
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
Adulterate
Ambidextrous
Augment
Bereft
To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser…
Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful,…
To make larger, increase
Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
Adulterate
To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser…
Ambidextrous
Able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful,…
False statement
Deductive Argument
Valid reasoning
Sound Reasoning
State that is untrue but jot necessarily told to mislead; stat…
Argument that is intended by writer to be valid by providing,…
When argument's premises provide such a strong support for the…
If valid argument has a true conclusions, then argument is sou…
False statement
State that is untrue but jot necessarily told to mislead; stat…
Deductive Argument
Argument that is intended by writer to be valid by providing,…