Vocab #2

1. a thing that is known or proved to be true.
4. The dictionary definition of a word
5. serious and immediate danger
8. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
10. excessive boldness, rashness
11. introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action
13. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
14. the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
15. rewrite a poem in simple prose to express its meaning in other words.
16. the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be, and what actually happens; a reversal or an opposite

2. The most important point the author makes
3. the author's attitude toward the subject
6. the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
7. one's particular attitude toward; a point of view
8. thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.
9. suggested but not directly expressed
12. a supernatural power that is thought to determine the course of human events