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Vocabulary words
Term | Definition |
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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. |