NC English II EOC Vocabulary

The feelings and ideas associated with a word

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Imply

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ______________.

• Angry

• Mood

• Sad

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A short personal story told to make a point

• Anecdote

• Antidote

• Archetype

• Diction

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

An expression using two antonyms ("pretty ugly")

• Oxymoron

• Infer

• Imagery

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

remove blame or guilt for a wrongdoing

• exonerate

• ennui

• mitigate

• reticent

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

from the gut; animalistic

• visceral

• diatribe

• tangent

• tenacious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A slight or subtle degree of difference

• Abate

• Nuance

• Erudite

• Sere

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The state of being no longer needed or useful

• Assumption

• Redundancy

• Attribute

• Develop

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

having or showing no skill

• inept

• temerity

• replete

• reticent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Hyperbole

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• To suggest something without directly saying it

• Extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Something that represents an idea

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