Saturday, January 30, 2010

Vocabulary

Connotation: an association that comes along with a particular word. Connotations relate not to a word's actual meaning but rather to the ideas or qualities that are implied by that word.
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9 comments:

Brittany said...

Colloquial:characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.

January 31, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Mrs. Moon said...

I think my word is dialect... If it is, here is the definition...

a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.

So, how you speak determined by where you live or your social class

January 31, 2010 at 9:30 PM
Madison said...

Crisis: A turning point in the action of a story that has a powerful effect on the protagonist. Opposing forces come together decisively to lead to the climax of the plot. See also plot.

January 31, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Taylor said...

Atmosphere: the mood the reader gets from the setting, the characterization, and the mood of the narrator.

February 1, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Julian said...

Couplet: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

February 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Confucious said...

CLICHE: AN OVERUSED EXPRESSION OR IDEA, LIKE "That is so cliche". -KING

February 1, 2010 at 7:55 PM
LAH. said...

COMIC RELIEF:an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elementsto provide temporary relief from tension

February 1, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Kathryn said...

Dues ex machina: An unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot. often a god.

February 1, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Mel said...

bildungsroman:a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist

February 1, 2010 at 8:51 PM

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