Chapters 1-6 and poetic terms Flashcards
(125 cards)
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accredit
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to authorize; to certify; to believe
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apotheosis
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making a god of something; deification
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atheist
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a person that believes that there is no god
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credence
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belief; acceptance as truth
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creditable
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deserving praise
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credulous
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believing too easy; gullible
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creed
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a statement of belief or principle
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deify
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to make a god of
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deity
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god or goddess
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divine
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to foretell by supernatural means
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divinity
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a god or goddess; a divine being
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pantheism
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identifying god with nature; belief in all gods
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pantheon
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all the gods of a people or religion
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theocracy
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government by divine powers or preists
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theology
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study of religion
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consecrate
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to make or declare something sacred
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execrate
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to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest
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expiate
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to make amends for; to atone for
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hierarchy
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a group organized by rank
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hieroglyphic
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written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of world
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impious
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sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect
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piety
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religious devotion; great respect toward something,especially parents
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pittance
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a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary
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sacrament
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something considered to have sacred significance
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sacrilege
disrespect to something regarded as sacred
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sacrosanct
sacred (often usd ironically)
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sanctimonious
pretending to be righteous
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sanction
approval; support; permission
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sanctity
godliness; holiness
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sanctuary
a sacred place; any place of refuge
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agnostic
a person who believes nothing can be known about the existence of a god
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amnesty
a general pardon for offenders, especially for political offenses
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arraign
to call to court to answer charges
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criterion
a standard, rule, or test on which a decision or judgement can be made
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dogma
a system of doctrines put forward by an authority, especially a church, to be absolute truth
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dogmatic
pretaining to dogma
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frenetic
frantic; frenzied
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heterodox
not in agreement with accepted beliefs; holding unorthodoz opinions
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hypocrisy
pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have
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mnemonic
relating to or assisting the memory
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physiognomy
the art of judging a human character by facial features; facial features when regarded as revealing character
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prognosis
a prediction of the outcome of a disease; any forecast or prediction
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rationale
the reasons underlying something, often presented as a statement
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rationalize
to provide a rational basis for something, often by false or self-serving reasoning
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schizophrenia
a severe mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to to act or reason in a rational way, often with delusions and withdrawal from relationship
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cognition
the act of perceiving or knowing
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cognizant
aware; having knowledge of something
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compute
to determine by mathematics
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connoisseur
an expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste
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conscientious
guided by one's sense of right and wrong
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impute
to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person
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notorious
widely and unfavorably known; infamous
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plebiscite
a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter; a referendum
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presage
a sign or feeling concerning some future event; omen; foreboding
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prescience
knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge
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putative
supposed; reputed
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repute
to assign a reputationto (usually used with to be)
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sage
a person, usually elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience
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sapient
wise; insightful (often used ironically)
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acronym
a word composed of the forst three letters or parts of a name or series of words
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alliteration
the occurrence of the same initial sound in several words in succession
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ascribe
to attribute to a particular cause, source or origin
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circumscribe
to draw a line around; to encircle
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conscription
a military draft
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ignominious
shameful; disgraceful
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literal
in accordance qith the explicit of primary meaning of a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning
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literate
able to read and write
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nomenclature
a system of naming, especially in the arts and sciences
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obliterate
to do away with completely; to wipe out; erase
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onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense; a word that sounds like the thing it names
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proscribe
to denoiunce or condemn
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pseudonym
a fictious name
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subscribe
to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something; to play an order by signing
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transcribe
to make a copy of; to write out fully
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analogy
a comparison between things that are alike in some ways
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apologist
a person who makes an argument in support of someone or something
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choreography
the art of creating dances
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eclectic
consisting of parts selcted from various sources
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epigram
a short, witty saying
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epigraph
an inscription on a monument or building, on a coin, or at the beginning of a book or chapter
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epilogue
short concluding section in a literary work
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eulogy
a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially honoring the dead
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graffiti
words or drawings scratched or scribbled on a wall
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graphic
relating to visual arts like drawing, painting, lettering or engraving
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lexicon
a specialized dictionary
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lithograph
a print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed
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logistics
the organization of supplies and services
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logo
a symbol or design that serves to identify an organization or institution
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topography
the features of an area, such as its rivers, mountains, and roads
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allegory
An extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects in a narrative carry figurative meaning.
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allusion
A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement
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ambiguity
word, statement, or situation with two or more possible meanings is said to be ambiguous
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anaphora
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
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anthropomorphism
A form of personification in which human qualities are attributed to anything inhuman, usually a god, animal, object, or concept
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antithesis
Contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposite meanings
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apostrophe
An address to a dead or absent person, or personification as if he or she were present.
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archetype
A basic model from which copies are made
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assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
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cacophony
Harsh or discordant word sounds
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consonance
A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme
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dissonance
A disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms. Like cacophony, it refers to a harsh collection of sounds; dissonance is usually intentional, however, and depends more on the organization of sound for a jarring effect, rather than on the unpleasantness of individual words
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enjambment
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation
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hyperbole
A figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration
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irony
As a literary device, irony implies a distance between what is said and what is meant. Based on the context, the reader is able to see the implied meaning in spite of the contradiction.
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litotes
A deliberate understatement for effect
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metaphor
A comparison that is made directly or less directly but in any case without pointing out a similarity by using words such as “like,” “as,” or “than.
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motif
A central or recurring image or action in a literary work that is shared by other works and may serve an overall theme
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neologism
A newly coined word
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pastiche
A patchwork of lines or passages from another writer (or writers), intended as a kind of imitation
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poetic diction
The vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verse as well as the deviations allowable for effect within it
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poetic license
A poet’s departure from the rules of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary in order to maintain a metrical or rhyme scheme
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synesthesia
A blending or intermingling of different senses in description
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oxymoron
A figure of speech that brings together contradictory words for effect, such as “jumbo shrimp” and “deafening silence.”
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parody
A comic imitation of another author’s work or characteristic style
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persona
A dramatic character, distinguished from the poet, who is the speaker of a poem
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personification
A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.
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prosody
The principles of metrical structure in poetry.
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tone
The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem’s vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.
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paradox
As a figure of speech, it is a seemingly self-contradictory phrase or concept that illuminates a truth
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pun
Wordplay that uses homonyms (two different words that are spelled identically) to deliver two or more meanings at the same time
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simile
A comparison made with “as,” “like,” or “than.
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symbol
Something in the world of the senses, including an action, that reveals or is a sign for something else, often abstract or otherworldly
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synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole
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tautology
A statement redundant in itself, such as “free gift” or “The stars, O astral bodies!” Also, a statement that is necessarily true—a circular argument—such as “she is alive because she is living.”
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sagacious
shrewd; having good justice; preceptive
