| A | B |
|---|
| verse | the opposite of prose; POETRY |
| Paradox | A statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth |
| Allusion | A reference to something outside the work; Usually mythical |
| Foil | A character who seems to be the opposite of the main character; a character who helps emphasize the traits of another character through contrast |
| Sympathetic | Adj. comprehending the needs |
| Facetious | adj. not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing; humorous; lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential |
| Objective | adj. not influenced by personal feelings |
| Contemptuous | Adj. showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful. |
| Portentous | Adj. Significant; prophetic; foreboding; foreshadowing something bad |
| Decree | N. a legally binding command or decision |
| Adversary | a person |
| Chaste | Adj. Free from obscenity; decent; pure |
| Connotation | All the feelings associated with a word. |
| Perturb | V. to disturb greatly |
| Denotation | Dictionary definition of a word |
| Relegate | v. To send off or consign |
| Parallelism | Repetition of grammatical structure |
| Prose | The opposite of poetry |
| Imagery | Words that paint a picture; the use of words to recreate sensory experience; language that appeals to the five senses |
| Paradox | “The silence echoed in the hallway” and “She heard me speaking |
| Chaste | The Carmelite nuns chose to live __ lives and dedicate their time to God. |
| Relegate | Mom decided to __ Dad’s pool table to the basement so that she could turn the den into an office. |
| Perturb | It will really __ Mom if you don’t take out the trash. That annoys her. |
| Decree | Everyone was afraid to break the rules because of the king’s __ that violators would be punished severely. |
| Prose | When you write a paragraph |
| Facetious | While Jim’s __ remarks made us laugh |
| Portentous | The __ music in the horror movie told us that someone would die soon. |
| Denotation | I had to use the dictionary to find the __ of the word. |
| Imagery | “The sweet |
| Objective | In order to be an impartial jury member |
| Sympathetic | Tammy is a __person. Other people’s problems make her sad. |
| Adversaries | The Capulets and the Montagues are __. |
| Foil | Mercutio is a__to Romeo because they have opposite opinions about love |
| Connotations | Many words have different __ for different people. Some people have negative feelings or __ associated with words like “pig.” |
| Contemptuous | Tybalt is __ of all the Montagues. |
| Allusion | Jake has the strength of Hercules is an __to Greek mythology. |
| Verse | Since the Odyssey is an epic poem |
