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Vocabulary words

TermDefinition
Point of View: Definition The perspective from which a story is told.The voice telling the story.
Point of View: Example Mrs. Olinsky- Third person narrator Noah- First person narrator
Simile: Definition Using like or as to compare two things.
Simile: Example Century Village is like a theme park for old people.
Allusion: Definition A passing or casual reference.
Allusion: Example The author used T.S. Elliot, Alice in Wonderland, Rafael (The painter), and Mad tea party.
Flashback: Definition A device used in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time.
Flashback: Example By now, mentioning that the episode starts with a flashback is simply redundant.
Foreshadowing: Definition Hint or suggestions about something that will occur later in the novel.
Foreshadowing: Example Yet-to-come moment when Mrs. Olinski finally understands why she chose the members of her Academic bowl Team.
Pun: Definition A play on words in which two different meanings for the same word, or two words that sound the same, are used humorously.
Pun: Example I would be living in the state of divorce.
Idioms: Definition A figuration expression with a meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words in the phrase.
Idioms: Example It is scary to stand on your own two feet especially when you don't have a leg to stand on, so to speak. Break a leg.
Personification: Definition When an author grants lifelike qualities to nonhuman objects.
Personification: Example The rain battered the car. The wipers danced back and forth.
Decorum Dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
Superb Big, Excellent, etc.
Domiciles A place of residence; abode; house or home.
Bickering To engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
Courteous Having or showing good manners; polite.
Epiphany A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
Chandelier A decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights.
Hovered To keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
Trounce To defeat decisively.
Protruding To thrust forward; cause to project.
Podium A small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, for a public speaker, etc.
Incandesently intensely bright; brilliant.
Unfurl to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
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