English 2 Fall Semester Review 2023

alphabetical : _____ :: chronological : time

One of your friends slips on an icy patch & you make fun of him. Thirty seconds later, you also slip & fall.

myopic

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Visceral

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Incendiary

A type of narration that is like a voice from above, but can access only one character's internal thoughts

The ___ philosopher's lecture drew a large crowd of deep-thinking students.

A tool of rhetoric that appeals to readers' logic or reason

Inept

The noisy protestors plan to ___ the oil company executive during his speech.

The girl's snarky, ___ manner made her unpopular with both her peers and adults.

Solace

The author's big, important message to the reader

zenith

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gauche

dampen : _____ :: chill : freeze

"The goalie is a rock," is an example of this

The ___ ice storm attacked the small coastal town.

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The villain of the story or the character who is working against the hero

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emperor : empire :: _____ : democracy

Mitigate

After the dry cleaner ruined her wedding dress, my sister's anger was ___.

The professor recognized the overly flattering student as nothing more than a ___.

Bulwark

The girl, an annoying ___, batted her eyelashes and giggled as the boy told a lame story.

Facing staggering piles of homework with no hope for relief a heavy sense of ___ filled my soul.

The candidate lost voter approval when her ___ about illegal immigration was posted on YouTube.

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The professor hopes to ___ his salary by moonlighting as a book editor.

My ___ neighbors are the most popular couple on the block.

mosquito : _______ :: terrier : canine

The professor loved to ___ her students' work as clumsy attempts at literary analysis.

The mortgage industry's financial ___ wounded the entire nation's economy.

"The goalie is like a rock", is an example of this

In your favorite TV show, the main character has fallen for his co-worker, but she isn't aware of his feelings.

rise : _____ :: retreat : recede

A type of personification in which weather is used to mirror the action of the story or the mood of a character

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Bed bugs are ___ little creatures; you don't know they're there until it's too late.

The hero of the story/the character that the audience is rooting for.

The perfect example of a type of person

The crusty, ___ old man bellowed at the children as they walked past his house.

When the pretty girl he'd noticed on the bus sat next to him in class, the smitten boy knew it was ___.

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genius : intellectual :: core : ____

episode : _____ :: chapter : book

acrimony

The overly ___ tone of the nationalist speaker makes most reasonable citizens feel uncomfortable.

Writers often use fire, water, or light as this type of tool in their stories

"It cost me an arm and a leg," is an example of this

"The snowflakes whispered as they fell," is an example of this

futile

spoke : _____ :: piece : puzzle

"I'm sorry, sir, but this flight has been delayed by 3 hours," the airline explained to my uncle. "Awesome," he replied.

He stared at me with a dull, ___ expression.

A type of narration that is like a voice from above and knows all characters' internal thoughts

She had the ___ to criticize her teacher in front of the whole class.

"Oh, I love it when I do this," my mom said after she spilled coffee on her new blouse.

Insipid

In Othello, Lago appears to be loyal to Othello, but he is actually plotting against him. Othello doesn't...

Other meanings or associations of a word that often aren't found in a dictionary

With her ___ for performing, it was no surprise that Julia won the lead in the school musical.

A visit to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre made my ___ to England complete.

ruminate

The writer's attitude toward his/her story

Pedestrian

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Vacilliate

The ___ boy offered all of his birthday money to fix the window he broke.

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A protagonist who has numerous flaws but still wins the heart or sympathy of the reader.

exonerate

The dictionary definition of a word

It was a complete ___ when Polly Pupil, a freshman, won the title of Homecoming Queen.

A locksmith accidentally locked himself out of his car.

A tool of rhetoric that appeals to readers' emotion

altruism

As hurricane winds ripped the siding off of his house, Eric remarked, "Wonderful weather we're having, eh?"

A type of narration in which the "I" pronoun is used; usually, the voice of the protagonist speaking to readers

One of my friends is so random; he'll regularly drop a ___ into our conversations

Cajole

A work that ridicules the shortcomings of specific people or institutions as an attempt to bring about change.

A tool of rhetoric that convinces the reader that the writer is a knowledgeable, trustworthy source of information.

A type of narration that is like a voice from above, but cannot access any characters' thoughts

A discrepancy between expectation and reality

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_____ : room :: board : train

Anodyne

galvanize

A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the original piece's style

Depravity

To renew her license and keep her job at the hospital, a nurse needed to pass a state exam;

Remember when jeggings, a weird hybrid of jeans and leggings, were ___ at the mall?