NC English II EOC Vocabulary

The feelings and ideas associated with a word

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Imply

• Stanza

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

• Angry

• Mood

• Sad

• Tone

A short personal story told to make a point

• Anecdote

• Antidote

• Archetype

• Diction

An expression using two antonyms ("pretty ugly")

• Oxymoron

• Infer

• Imagery

• Connotation

remove blame or guilt for a wrongdoing

• exonerate

• ennui

• mitigate

• reticent

from the gut; animalistic

• visceral

• diatribe

• tangent

• tenacious

A slight or subtle degree of difference

• Abate

• Nuance

• Erudite

• Sere

The state of being no longer needed or useful

• Assumption

• Redundancy

• Attribute

• Develop

having or showing no skill

• inept

• temerity

• replete

• reticent

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