Unit 4: Academic Vocabulary, Literary Terms, and Vocabulary from Readings

This list covers Academic Vocabulary, Literary Terms, "Made You Laugh," "The Open Window," "A Day’s Work," and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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  1. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  2. denounce
    speak out against
  3. caricature
    a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
  4. satire
    a literary genre that uses humor to ridicule human failings and vices
  5. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  6. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  7. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  8. yarn
    giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
  9. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  10. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
    Sometimes it’s a juxtaposition of words. Sometimes it’s a gesture or a sound.
  11. persona
    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, film, etc...
    Some comedians exploited this theory by building a routine—or even a persona—around the idea that they were losers who couldn’t catch a break.
  12. duly
    in an appropriate or proper manner
    Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come.
  13. rectory
    housing that a church provides for its clergy
    “My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here.”
  14. moor
    open land with peaty soil covered with heather and moss
    In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog.
  15. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
    “The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,” announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably wide-spread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one’s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure.
  16. mackintosh
    a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
    “Here we are, my dear,” said the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window; “fairly muddy, but most of it’s dry..."
  17. straiten
    bring into difficulties, especially financial hardship
    He got out his worldly wealth and examined it—bits of toys, marbles, and trash; enough to buy an exchange of WORK, maybe, but not half enough to buy so much as half an hour of pure freedom. So he returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying to buy the boys.
  18. forsooth
    certainly; indeed (now often used ironically)
    And with her personage, her tall personage,
    Her height, forsooth, she hath prevail’d with him.
Created on Thu Jan 07 12:22:31 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jan 11 18:12:35 EST 2021)

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