80 word vocab test

• n. an old abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research.
• adj. Dealing with or tending to deal with a subject apart from a particular or specific instance.

directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason

a saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language

a story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface

the repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem

a reference to a person,place,or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea

a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations

a person,scene,event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era

a comparison that points out similarities between 2 dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between 2 unlike things is called an extended analogy

a brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a poiny