Workshop 1: "Survivors" Flashcards
(22 cards)
anguish
n. a strong feeling of misery or distress
aspire
n. to do or be something
circumstances
n. facts and conditions that affect a situation
devoted
adj. giving your time to something
drastic
adj. extreme and sudden
effective
adj. done with skill
intense
adj. very strong
intent
adj. to be determined to do something
significant
adj. important and meaningful
urgent
adj. very important and needing to be dealt with immediately
Keystone term: analysis
n. The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
Keystone term: affix
n. One or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form (e.g., a prefix or suffix).
Keystone term: alliteration
n. The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Keystone term: allegory
n. An underlying meaning of a story that usually uses symbolism to depict a deeper meaning. It can be religious, moral, social, or political in nature.
Keystone term: biography
n. A written account of another person’s life.
Keystone term: antonym
n. A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word.
Keystone term: author’s purpose
n. The author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something.
Keystone term: argument
n. The position or claim the author establishes.
Keystone term: bias
n. The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.
Keystone term: character
n. A person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.
Keystone term: characterization
n. The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities (e.g., direct, indirect).
Keystone term: allusion
n. An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
