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Lang Arts Vocab #2
Term | Definition |
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suspense | increasingly strong sense that something ACTION-PACKED is going to happen |
foreboding | increasingly strong sense that something BAD is going to happen(type of suspense) |
confrontation | hostile meeting/situation between opposing parties |
point of view | particular attitude or way of considering a matter |
perspective | point of view |
connotation | idea/feeling associated with word beyond literal meaning |
denotation | literal/primary meaning of word |
literal | taking words in their most basic & exact sense |
figurative | taking words in a metaphorical sense |
horror | literary genre designed to scare living snot out of you |
DISmember | chop body into pieces |
DEcapitate | chop head of body (Latin for head=caput) |
DEfenestrate | push someone out window(Latin for window=fenestra) |
suffocate | die/cause to die from lack of air/inability to breathe |
EXsanguinate | drain of blood(Latin for blood= sanguinem) |
archaic | very old-fashioned |
keen | wail of grief for dead |
macabre | gruesome/horrifying |
mournful | sorrow/sad |
premonition | forewarning |
entomb | place in tomb/bury |
phantom | ghost/apparition/specter |
amulet | protective charm |
conjure | produce as if by magic |
exhume | dig something out of buried earth |
stench | offensive smell |
crypt | underground tomb |
noun | part of speech that names person/place/thing/idea |
pronoun | part of speech that replaces a noun |
verb | part of speech that shows action/being |
adjective | part of speech that describes noun/pronoun |
adverb | part of speech that describes verb/adjective/another adverb |
conjunction | part of speech that that links words/phrases/clauses |
coordinating conjunctions | For And But Or Yet So |
forms of "be" | am is are was were be being been |
declarative sentence | sentence that makes a statement |
interrogative sentence | sentence that asks a question |
imperative sentence | sentence that makes request/command |
exclamatory sentence | sentence that shows emotion |