Unit 4 Devices/ Vocab

Question 1

abscond

Answer 1

(verb) to run off and hide

Question 2

access

Answer 2

(noun) approach or admittance to places, persons, things

Question 3

anarchy

Answer 3

(noun) a lack of government or law, confusion

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 5

auspicious

Answer 5

(adj) favorable, fortunate

Question 6

biased

Answer 6

(adj) favoring one side unduly (alot), prejudice

Question 7

daunt

Answer 7

(verb) to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage

Question 8

disentangle

Answer 8

(verb) to free from tangles or complications

Question 9

fated

Answer 9

(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 10

hoodwink

Answer 10

(verb) to mislead by a trick, deceive

Question 11

inanimate

Answer 11

(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 12

incinerate

Answer 12

(verb) to burn to ashes

Question 13

intrepid

Answer 13

(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 14

larceny

Answer 14

(noun) theft

Question 15

pliant

Answer 15

(adj) bending readily, easily influenced

Question 16

pompous

Answer 16

(adj) overly self-important in speech or manner, excessively stately or ceremonious

Question 17

precipice

Answer 17

(noun) a very steep cliff , the brink or edge of disaster

Question 18

rectify

Answer 18

(verb) to make right, correct

Question 19

reprieve

Answer 19

(noun) a temporary relief or delay,

(verb) to grant a postponement

Question 20

revile

Answer 20

(verb) to attack with words , call bad names

Question 21

Tragic Flaw

Answer 21

A flaw in a character that leads to their downfall

Question 22

Tragic Irony

Answer 22

When the audience is aware in advance of the tragedy that will occur

Question 23

Rhetorical Appeal

Answer 23

(Ethos, Logos, Pathos) methods of persuading someone in an argument

Question 24

Ethos

Answer 24

Establishing the speaker’s credibility and connection to the audience

Question 25

Pathos

Answer 25

Appealing to the audiences heart strings or emotions to persuade. A more sympathetic audience is more likely to agree with the author

Question 26

Logos

Answer 26

Using pure facts that can be proven for the purpose of persuading an audience

Question 27

Allegory

Answer 27

A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a more moral one

Question 28

Maxim

Answer 28

a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

Question 29

Parable

Answer 29

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson