english vocab

Cards (27)

  • the suppression of books, media or news that is considered inappropriate, offensive or unacceptable.
    censorship
  • believe in and follow the practices of something
    adhere
  • undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution.
    subvert
  • a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion
    stance
  • a system of ideas or an idea, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
    ideology
  • to cause (something that should be stopped) to continue
    perpetuate
  • change in ones ways of life resulting for penitence or a spiritual conversion
    metanoia
  • the anticipation and answering or possible objection in rhetorical questions
    prolepsis
  • the emotions or feeling expressed by a speaker / narrator
    pathos
  • the use of logic, evidence, and consistency
    logos
  • the credibility and ethics of a speaker / narrator
    ethos
  • the act of resistance or rebellion: a riot
    uprising
  • the action or process of settling among and establishing control over indigenous people of and area
    colonisation
  • a literary style associated with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction
    magical realism
  • a literate technique used in greek where the audio knows more than the characters on stage
    dramatic irony
  • verse in a line of poetry, blank verse still has metric lines, but without rhyme
    blank verse
  • a community, place, or situation regardless encapsulating in miniature the characteristics or something much larger
    microcosm
  • a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length
    isocolon
  • the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successful clauses
    anaphora
  • a figure of speech in what a speaker poses a question then answers it
    hyperphoria
  • a type of metric line meter used in traditional english poetry made of up to 5 pairs of stressed or unstressed symbols
    iambic pentameter
  • two lines of a verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme forming one unit
    couplet
  • critical theory examine the impact on colonialism on colonies
    post colonialism
  • a preconceived judgment not based on reason
    prejudice
  • omniscient
    knowing everything.
  • surreal
    having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre.
  • materialism
    a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.