English 9 Vocab - week 4 Flashcards
Myth
a story designed to explain the mysteries of life usually with larger than life itself.
Pun
make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
Sarcasm
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
Scene
the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred.
Slang
a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
Stage Directions
an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
Stereotype
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Suspense
a sustained interest in a narrative by delaying the resolution.
Synonym
a word with the same or similar meaning as another word
Thesis
a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
Topic
a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.
Understatement
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.