2013年10月1日 星期二

2013.10.01 word (week4-2)

1. hyperbole (n.)a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound much bigger, better, smaller, worse, more unusual, etc., than they are: ▪Although he’s not given to hyperbole, Ron says we are light-years ahead of our time

 2 genre (n.)
a particular subject or style of literature, art, or music: the genre of landscape painting

 3. notation (n.)
the system of written symbols used esp. in mathematics

 4. connotation  (n.)
a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation: ▪"Resolute" means stubborn, but with a more positive connotation.

 5. alliteration (n.)
the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words, as in "live and learn"

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