front 1 allegory | back 1 a work of literature or art that can be interpreted to reveal some deeper meaning. |
front 2 allusion | back 2 a brief reference an author makes to a person, player, or thing. Often another literary work which can act as a significant way to develop the main theme of the text. |
front 3 analogy | back 3 a comparison that develops meaning by showing connections between two things. |
front 4 symbolism | back 4 the practice of using actions, objects, or ideas to stand for deeper concepts. |
front 5 theme | back 5 a central idea -- and when analyzing the text, the theme is the authors approach to a central idea. |
front 6 imagery | back 6 the descriptive of figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader. |
front 7 McCarthyism | back 7 a synonym for making unfair claims to smother dissent. |
front 8 venomous | back 8 able to sting, bite, or scratch with venom; a substance some animals can make to harm others. |
front 9 illumination | back 9 light or lighting;revelation |
front 10 irritable | back 10 easily angered or annoyed. |
front 11 hypnotic | back 11 of or producing a sleeplike state which the mind is suggestible. |
front 12 multifaceted | back 12 having many sides. |
front 13 condemnation | back 13 act of disapproval or punishment. |
front 14 bestial | back 14 of or like beasts or animals. |
front 15 mediocre | back 15 of average or poor quality. |
front 16 profusion | back 16 a large or plentiful amount of something. Especially an abundance. |
front 17 subaudible | back 17 not capable of being heard or detected by ear. |
front 18 reckoning | back 18 counting, figuring out, or estimating something. |
front 19 oracle | back 19 a person thought to be inspired by the gods in ancient times. |
front 20 dwindle | back 20 to make smaller or to decrease or reduce gradually. |
front 21 oblivion | back 21 the state of being unconscious or unaware. |
front 22 douse | back 22 to pour liquid over; to plunge into liquid, or smother or blow out. |
front 23 juggernaut | back 23 force or object that is destructive and unstoppable. |
front 24 avenge | back 24 to inflict harm to return harm. |
front 25 allot | back 25 to give or divide by share. |
front 26 concussion | back 26 damage from a hard hit. |
front 27 pyre | back 27 heap of material that can burn. |
front 28 science fiction | back 28 genre of literature based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social and/or environmental changes. |
front 29 utopia | back 29 An imagined place or a state of things in which everything is perfect. |
front 30 dystopian literature | back 30 A genre of fictional writing which explores society that is undesirable, oppressive, and frightening. |