4th SW VOCAB REVIEW

irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

• extraneous

• optimisitic

• exasperation

• sarcasm

extreme annoyance; anger

• sarcasm

• optimistic

• extraneous

• exasperation

the use of words that mean the opposite of what the speaker really thinks in order to insult, show irritation, or to be funny

• exasperation

• sarcasm

• extraneous

• optimistic

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• tone

• mood

• symbolism

• illuminates

the central, unifying idea of an author's work

• mood

• tone

• summary

• theme

a way of stating something (as a written work) again by giving the meaning in different words

• paraphrase

• summary

• theme

• conveyed

to make clear; explain

• illuminates

• conveyed

• symbolism

• sarcasm

the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader

• idiom

• mood

• tone

• illuminates

to make known; communicate

• illuminates

• extraneous

• conveyed

• paraphrase

relevant or applicable to a particular matter; opposite

• pertinent

• extraneous

• optimistic

• exasperation