American Literature: Vocabulary Quiz #5

Define HUBRIS

• a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.

• expressed or written in the native language of a place,

• a Latin word that means “against the man.” As the name suggests, it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent, to undermine him instead of his arguments.

• character trait that features excessive pride or inflated self-confidence, leading a protagonist to disregard a divine warning or violate an important moral law.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define CARICATURE.

• likeness to the truth, such as the resemblance of a fictitious work to a real event, even if it is a far-fetched one.

• a device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect.

• an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence.

• a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Define SYNTAX.

• the study of the rules and patterns forming phrases and sentences.

• Systems of thoughts composed of ideas, attitudes, and courses of action, beliefs and practices that systematically construct the subjects and the worlds of which they speak.

• refers to a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions, along with pleasure and entertainment.

• a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define DISSONANCE.

• attacking a person instead of answering their argument.

• disagreement or incongruity.

• not related to a specific object; theoretical.

• reasoning where a conclusion is reached based on premises presented.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Use FLASHBACK in a sentence.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Use CONUNDRUM in a sentence.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Use DEDUCTION in a sentence.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Use DISCOURSE in a sentence.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

expressed or written in the native language of a place,

• syntax

• vernacular

• annotate

• catharsis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a Latin word that means “against the man.” As the name suggests, it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent, to undermine him instead of his arguments.

• existentialism

• verisimilitude

• ad hominem

• didacticism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3