Terms and Expressions

The following are Terms and Expressions relating to the materials we are studying in this class which you should know.

General Terms

Authentic task
Metaphor
Allegory
Denotation
Connotation
Implications
Associations

From Born in the USA

Hit the ground running
Hit the road
Cover up
Be in a jam
Be up to (someone)
Fatalistic attitude
Fatalism
Cynicism
Irony

From Hotel California

Alliteration
Premonition
Allure
Seduce
Entice
Obsession
Pun
Eye candy
Escapism
Decadence
Hedonism
Self-indulgence
Consequence
Sinister
Ominous
Live it up

From The Sad Cafe

Personification
Allusion
Naive
Alienation
Sanctuary
Refuge
By and by
Powers that be
If . . . at all