| A | B |
|---|
| escape literature | a way to escape from real world |
| interpretive literature | deeper into real world, broaden senses and sharpen |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | force behind problem; supporting character |
| artisitc unity | specific arrangement; everything has a purpose |
| plot manipulation | relaying heavily on coiciendence and accident |
| flat character | easily summed up in a sentence |
| stock character | stereo type character; often used |
| round character | many sides; deep; changes |
| static character | no character change |
| developing character | character change |
| verbal irony | sarcasm;figure of speach in which the opposite is said of what is meant |
| irony of situation | descrepency between appearance or reality, what is and what would seem appropiate |
| dramatic irony | contrast between what character says and what the reader knows |
| catharsis | descrbes some sort of emotional release expirienced by the audience at the end of a successful story |
| denounement | the portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts |
| hubris | arrogance resulting from excessive pride |
| connotation | a suggested or implied meaning |
| denotation | a basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word |
| deus ex machina | the resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance or coincidence |
| allusion | a referece, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history |
| zany | crazy; comic |
| epithet | descriptive word or phrase |
| paradigm | model; example; pattern |
| prone | inclined to |
| succor | aid; assistance |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity; eccentricity |
| satire | use of saracasm; attack or ridicule a habit, custom, idea |
| mollify | to soothe |
| tacit | understood; not to be put into words |
| coddle | to treat gently |
| reprobate | a person hardened by sin; devoid of a sense of decency |
| aplomb | poise; to keep one's cool |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exageration is used |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that mimic their meaning in their sound |
| symbol | something that means more that what it is: person, object, situation, or action |
| apostrophe | a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead is addressed as if they could answer |
| litotes | the assertion of an affirmative by negating its contrary; double negative |
| ephemism | an inoffensive expression used in the place of a blunt one |
| impregnable | invulnerable |
| frivolty | lack of seriousness |
| lionize | to treat like a celebrity |
| belie | to contradict; give a false impression |
| covetous | eagerly desirous of |
| unctuous | oily; bland; insincerely suave |
| sequester | to retire from public life |
| aggregate | sum or total |
| pallid | pale |
| recalcitrant | stubborn |
| garrulous | very talkative |
| octave | th first eight lines of a stanza |
| alliteration | the close repitition of the starting consanent sound |
| cacophony | a harsh, unpleasant sound |
| euphony | a plesant sound |
| phlegmatic | sluggish; not easily disturbed |
| subjugate | to bring under control |
| obfuscate | to confuse |
| munificent | very generous |
| renounce | to abbandon |
| progenitor | ancestor |
| undulate | to move in a wavelike motion |
| hamartia | tragic flaw |
| nadir | lowest point |
| invective | verbal abuse |
| impugn | to doubt or challenge |
| hermit | a recluse |
| transient | fleeting;quickly passing |
| fetid | foul smelling |
| cryptic | puzzling; mysterious |
| hackneyed | common place |
| vilify | to slander |
| assiduous | diligent; hard working |
| juxtapose | to put side by side to compare |
| definitive | final |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished beliefs |
| proletarian | member of the working class |
| ineffable | not utterable |
| vacuous | large empty space |
| perpetrate | to commit an offense |
| venerate | to revere |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| blanch | to whiten |
| obsequious | slavishly attentive |
| innocuous | harmless |
| magnanimous | generous |
| furtive | sneakily |
| myriad | very large number |
| sedate | to calm |
| didatic | teaching |
| ribald | to violate |
| wizened | shriveled |
| prone | incined to |
| forbearance | patience |
| scrupulous | extremely thorough |
