English 11 SEM Vocabulary

The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea. Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.

engaged to be married

Being or having an essential characteristic as if by nature; inherent or inveterate: "the congenital American optimism that denies conflicts and imagines all stories having happy endings"

Resolutely courageous; fearless

Pensively sad; melancholy

An exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene

A general commotion; public disorder or uproar

Incapable of being perceived by the senses

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise

To give or take mutually

A deceptive stratagem or device

Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. Shameful or indecent

An armed attack, especially one made from a place surrounded by enemy forces

The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas

A literary, usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character, often in relation to a critical situation or event

The protagonist is the main character of the storyThe antagonist is any character in conflict with the protagonist

The time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative, drama, or film takes place

An implicit or recurrent idea

The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion

A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur

Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches

An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype