ELA 10 - Word of the day

• Define Auspicious 


  Part of speech: Adjective

  • Showing or suggesting that future success is likely.
• Define Evanescent 


  Part of speech: Adjective

  • Soon pass out sight, memory, or existence by quickly fading or disappearing.
• Define Resilency


  Part of speech: Noun

  • Being able to successfully adapt to difficult or challenging life experiences.
• Define Altruism 


  Part of speech: Noun

  • Helping others WITHOUT expecting a reward
• Define Facetious 


  Part of speech: Adjective

  • Treating serious issues with deliberate and inappropriate humour.
• Define Hubris 


  Part of speech: Noun

  • Having excessive pride or arrogance
• Define Mendacious


  Part of speech: Adjective

  • lying
• Define Soliloquy


  Part of speech: Noun

  • A long speech given by the character to themselves as an expression of their inner thoughts.
  • Only the audience is supposed to hear them
• Define Monologue


  Part of speech: Noun

  • A long speech given by an actor where ALL actors present can hear.
• Define Aside


  Part of speech: Noun

  • A few words OR lines spoken by ONE character.
  • EITHER talking to ONE other character OR the audience
• Define Irony


  Part of speech: Noun

  • The difference between what happens and what we expect to happen.
  • 3 types of irony; Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal
• Define Situational Irony


  Part of speech: Noun

  • The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected
• Define Verbal Irony 


  Part of speech: Noun

  • A statement in which the speaker's words are NOT keeping up with the scenario/surroundings
  • Sarcasm
• Define Dramatic Irony


  Part of speech: Noun

  • When the audience knows something that the character does NOT.