Vocabulary Bellringer

Vocabulary Bellringers

Week 6

Literary Terms:

• Situational Irony: the outcome is contrary to what was expected
• Verbal Irony: person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning
• Dramatic Irony: the audience or reader knows something the characters do not
• Sarcasm: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny
• Tone: the author's attitude

Mood and Tone Words

• Condescending: showing that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people
• Jovial: full of happiness and joy
• Facetious: funny but is usually regarded as annoying, silly, or not proper
• Mocking: to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking
• Solemn: very serious or formal; sad and serious

Week 1

Literary Terms:

• Theme: message about life or human nature, central idea
• Point of View: perspective from which story is told
• Conflict: problem faced by main character
• Mood: feelings of character or atmosphere
• Tone: author's attitude toward subject or audience

Mood and Tone Words

• Spiteful: having or showing a desire to harm, anger, or defeat someone
• Inquisitive: tending to ask questions : having a desire to know or learn more
• Defensive: behaving in a way that shows that you feel people are criticizing you
• Menacing: a dangerous or possibly harmful person or thing
• Vehement: showing strong and often angry feelings

Week 2

Literary Terms:

• Details: a fact or piece of information about someone or something
• Compare and Contrast: similarities and differences
• Author's Purpose: the author's reason for doing or saying something
• Main Idea: central idea or main point
• Argument: a statement for or against something

Week 3

Mood and Tone Words

• Overcome: to affect someone very strongly
• Awkward: causing embarrassment, lacking skill
• Impractical: not able to be sensible about reasonable and appropriate matters
• Contentious: likely or willing to argue
• Supportive: to agree with or approve of

Literary Terms:

• 1st Person POV: narrator is character in story
• 2nd Person POV: uses pronoun "you" to speak to reader (very rare)
• 3rd Person Omniscient: narrator not in story, can tell thoughts/feelings of all characters
• 3rd Person Limited: narrator not in story, can tell thoughts/feelings of 1 or 2 important characters
• 3rd Person Objective: narrator not in story, can not tell thoughts/feelings of any characters

Mood and Tone Words

• Reliable: able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed or to tell truth
• Naive: having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge; innocent or simple
• Subjective: based on personal feelings or opinions rather than facts
• Detached: not influenced by emotions or personal interest
• Sincere: having or showing true feelings expressed in an honest way

Week 4

Week 5

Literary Terms

• Paradox: a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true
• Inference: a conclusion that is drawn
• Simile: comparison using like or as
• Metaphor: comparison without using like or as
• Allusion: a reference to another piece of literature, a religious text, or history

Literary Terms:

• Alliteration: use of words that begin with the same sound near each other
• Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds
• Personification: giving living or human qualities to a thing or idea
• Idiom: saying that means something other than what the words say
• Hyperbole: an exaggeration for emphasis

Test Question Vocab

• Convey: to make something known to someone
• Illustrate: to give examples
• Introduce: to bring knowledge of something
• Express: said or given in a clear way
• Emphasize: to give special attention to something; to stress the importance of something

Mood and Tone

• Foreboding: a feeling that something bad is going to happen
• Awe-inspiring: causing or worthy of admiration or respect; amazing or magnificent
• Enlightened: not ignorant or narrow in thinking
• Indomitable: impossible to defeat or discourage, unconquerable
• Emphatic: said or done in a forceful or definite way in order to emphasize the importance of something