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Lemon Brown
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Term | Definition |
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Impromptu | (adj.) unplanned; without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; extemporaneous |
Ajar | (adj.) partially open |
Tentatively | (adv.) uncertainly or hesitantly |
Tremor | (n.) nervous trembling; shaking |
Commence | (v.) to begin or start |
Beckon | (v.) to signal to come by nodding or waving |
Gnarled | (adj.) roughened, as from age or work |
Ominous | (adj.) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
Scalawags | (n.) rascals; shameless people |
Blues | (n.) a style of music developed from southern African American songs |
Bodega | (n.) a small grocery store |
Stoop | (n.) a porch or staircase at the entrance of a building |
Inferences | (n.) when a writer provides clues to the reader for them to make educated guesses about what is to come after or later in the story |
Third-person limited point of view | (n.) narrator is outside the story and tells what the character thinks, sees, feels |