Week 5 Vocab'

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Week 5 Vocab.

• Verse
• Paradox
• Allusion
• Foil
• Sympathetic
• Facetious
• Objective
• Contemptuous
• Portentous
• Adversary
• Chaste
• Connotation
• Denotation
• Parallelism or parallel structure
• Prose
• Imagery

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Verse

• The opposite of prose POETRY

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Paradox

• A statement that seems to be contradictory but
  actually presents a truth
• Example They have ears but hear not.

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Allusion

• A reference to something outside the work
• Usually mythical, biblical, or historical
• "As the cave's roof collapsed, he was swallowed
  up in the dust like Jonah, and only his frantic
  scrabbling behind a wall of rock indicated that
  there was anyone still alive".

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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
• Mercutio is a foil for Romeo the former is a
  skeptic when it comes to love.

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Sympathetic

• comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and
  views of others

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Facetious

• not meant to be taken seriously or literally a
  facetious remark.
• amusing humorous.
• lacking serious intent concerned with something
  nonessential, amusing, or frivolous a facetious
  person.

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Objective

• not influenced by personal feelings,
  interpretations, or prejudice based on facts
  unbiased an objective opinion.

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Contemptuous

• showing or expressing contempt or disdain
  scornful.
• Tybalt is contemptuous of Romeo.

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Portentous

• Significant
• Prophetic
• Foreboding

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Adversary

• a person, group, or force that opposes or
  attacks opponent enemy foe.

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Chaste

• Free from obscenity decent
• Pure

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Connotation

• All the feelings associated with a word.
• Example negative feelings about the word pig

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Denotation

• Dictionary definition of a word

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Parallelism or Parallel Structure

• Repetition of grammatical structure
• Ex. I want to swim, dance, and hike.

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Prose

• The opposite of poetry, drama, and song
• Writing in sentences

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Imagery

• Words that paint a picture
• The use of words to recreate sensory experience