English II: Unit 6: Vocab Words

stamina

Resistance to fatigue or hardship; endurance

recapitulate

Review, restate, summarize

anthology

a collection of poems, stories, etc

novel

a long fictional story with complex plot and many events and characters

riviere

a particular style of necklace, a cascade of jewels

draft

a rough or preliminary copy of a piece of writing

intrigue

a secret or underhanded plot or scheme

fable

a short moral tale, usually traditional

incident

a single happening in a story

spiel

a talk or speech

critique

a written evaluation of a literary or artistic effort

revision

act of rewriting or partial rewriting for improvement

exploits

adventures, heroic deeds

summary

brief restatement of the main points

realistic

close to real life; factual

prose fiction

imaginary story written in ordinary language, without rhyme or meter

consistent

in agreement, holding to the same principles or practice

possession

in grammar, a form of word that shows ownership

publisher

individual or firm that produces, issues, and sells a written work

style

individual way of putting thoughts into words

colloquial

informal, conversational

omniscient

knowing all things

contemporary

living or happening in the same period of time

depression

low spirits, gloominess, sadness

periodical

magazine or other publication issued on a regular schedule

tone

manner of speaking or writing that shows a certain attitude, including words, phrasing, and so on

trite

no longer fresh or original; overused

narrator

person who tells a story

prospective

possible in future

copyright

right to publish and sell a literary or artistic work

barbarian

savage, uncivilized

exotic

strikingly unusual

garrulous

talkative, long-winded

point of view

the position from which the author presents the story (usually first person or third person)

proofread

to check for and correct mistakes, particularly in form

delete

to remove, omit, cross out

discern

to see, understand

extricate

to set free, release, disentangle

italicize

to set in special slanting type for emphasis (In handwritten work, the word that is to be italicized is underlined with a wavy line.)

comprehensible

understandable

eerie

weird, uncanny