LA Lit 3 Do Now Word List

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  1. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  2. vexing
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  3. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  4. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  5. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  6. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  7. figurative
    not literal
  8. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  9. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  10. figure of speech
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  11. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  12. spectacles
    eyeglasses
  13. insomniac
    someone who cannot sleep
  14. tract
    an extended area of land
  15. whirligig
    a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
  16. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  17. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  18. apostrophe
    a mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters
  19. antithesis
    exact opposite
  20. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  21. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  22. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  23. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  24. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  25. consonance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
Created on 十月 3, 2011 (updated 十月 22, 2011)

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