Lit Term
Denouement – The final resolution or outcome of a play or a story. “And they lived happily ever after.”
Name the denouement
1. Abbreviate - shorten
2. Abscess – sore, inflamed skin
3. Accede – to agree
4. Accommodate – help out
5. Accurate - right
6. Ache – pain
7. Acquaintance - friend
8. Acquiesce – to give in
9. Adjourn – to suspend, pause
10. Admissible – allowable
Misplaced Modifiers – Add more info to a word
– modifiers that have been placed incorrectly; so the meaning of the sentence is not clear. Modifiers should be placed as close as possible to the word they modify.
· We have an assortment of combs for active people with unbreakable teeth.
· Eagerly awaiting her birthday, Mary's presents were all picked up and admired by Mary many times throughout the course of the day.
· Princess Beatrice was photographed running in the surf on the island of St Barts with her American boyfriend Dave Clark dressed in a blue bikini last month
· They just said it's going to rain on the radio
· You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian composers, artists, and writers are buried daily, except on Thursdays.
· Her only full-time paid employee is a pleasant young woman with a nose ring named Rebecca, who sits at the front desk.
· She handed out brownies to children wrapped in Tupperware.
Dangling Modifiers
A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. A modifier describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept.
· Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on
· Having arrived late for practice, a written excuse was needed
· Without knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him
· To improve his results, the experiment was done again
· The experiment was a failure, not having studied the lab manual carefully
Week 5
Diction – an author’s choice of words based on thier correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
· Archaic – old fashioned phrases or words – Wherefore art thou?
· Colloquialism – local speech patterns common to a certain area. Very informal – I used to could.
· Jargon – Technical, specific language used by specialty groups. 504, IEP, ELL, SIP, Mom and Dad
· Profanity – disrespect for sacred things
· Slang – very common, street language – take a chill pill, chillax!
· Vulgarity – swearing, gross, crude language. – used too often in movies to make it “Real.”
Spelling
1. Aerial – In the sky
2. Affect – the input (Effect – the outcome)
3. Agreeable
4. Aisle – tiny passageway on planes
5. Alcohol – Libations
6. Alignment – how things line up
7. All right – OK – NEVER one word!!!!!!!
8. Anecdote – story with a point to it.
9. Annihilate – completely destroy
10. anonymous – secret identity
Antecedent – Always goes with a pronoun. Identifies the pronoun in the sentence. I went with Margaret to the dance. She looked really pretty.
Bob is my best friend, although he can be a real jerk sometimes.
My cat is stupid – she refuses to drink out of anything but the toilet or the fish tank
Lit Terms Week 6
Epigram – a brief, witty saying or poem:
· “One bad apple spoils the barrel.”
· “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” ~ Ben Franklin
Epitaph – A short poem or verse written in memory of someone.
· Here lies Michael John Cotter, who I shot when he married my daughter.
Epithet – a word or phrase used in place of someone’s name.
· “Hulk” Hogan
· Alexander “The Great”
· the “Material Girl”
· Ivan “The Terrible”
· “The Rock”
Epiphany – A sudden realization of something – the Lightbulb moment. Eureka!
· In Mary Poppins, the old banker has an ephiphany of understanding and laughs so hard at a joke about “A man with a wooden leg named Smith” that he actually dies.
Spelling – week 6
1. Antarctic – The SOUTH pole
2. Ascend – to go up
3. Ascertain – To find out / figure out
4. Assess – to judge / size up for quality
5. Bankrupt – Broke
6. Bouillon – a cube of meat extract used for making soup
Bullion – A metal ingot or bar
Soup bouillon / gold bullion – pretty much the same pronunciation for both words
7. Bouyant – Floats
8. Bureau – Dresser / Government agency
9. Capital – Money for projects
Capitol – Chief city
10. Carburetor – Engine part
Grammar – Gotta Love those verb forms!
· Base form – Nothing added to the end. The verb is in its natural state.
o Eat, Dance, Fly, Hike
· Present Participle (Present progressive) – ING added to the end.
o Eating, Dancing, Flying, Hiking
· Past – Usually ends with ED, but not always.
o Ate, Danced, Flew, Hiked
· Past Participle (Past Progressive) – Similar to Past tense, but has a helping verb with it.
o Have flown, Have danced, Have eaten, Have hiked
Week 7:
· Exposition – Writing that is intended to explain something that might otherwise be difficult to understand. In a play or novel, it gives background information or the situation surrounding the story.
· Farce – Literature based on a humorous and improbable (unlikely) plot.
· Motif – The term for an often repeated idea or theme in literature. Conflict with nature, man, etc.
Cessation – to quit
Chauffeur – Driver
Circuit – Path for electricity
Clientele – customers
Coercion – Forcing
Collateral – Guarantee of payment
Colonel – Military rank – NOT Kernel (popcorn)
Commitment – promise to act
Committee – Group working on a common goal
Competitively – aggressively
Possessive Apostrophies – Warning: May cause baldness or extreme frustration
To see if you need to make a possessive, turn the phrase around and make it an "of the..." phrase. For example:
the boy's hat = the hat of the boy
three days' journey = journey of three days
three days' journey = journey of three days
If the noun after "of" is a building, an object, or a piece of furniture, then no apostrophe is needed!
room of the hotel = hotel room
door of the car = car door
leg of the table = table leg
door of the car = car door
leg of the table = table leg
Once you've determined whether you need to make a possessive, follow these rules to create one.
· Add ‘s to the singular form of the word – even if it ends in s
o The owner’s car
o The man’s cat
· Add ‘s to the plural forms that do NOT end in s
o the children’s game
o The geese’s honking
· Add ‘ to the end of plural nouns that end in s
o The cats’ toys
o The boys’ clothes
o The girls’ dolls
· Add ‘s to the end of compound words
o My brother-in-law’s apartment
o The mousetrap’s victim
· Add ‘s to the last noun to show joint possession of an object
o Buster and Dave’s restaurant
