click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 1 vocab
| Term | Example |
|---|---|
| Agile | |
| Eavesdrop | |
| Vile | |
| Sheepishly | Embarrassed or bashful |
| Quiver | To shake with a rapid movement. |
| Portly | Heavy or "obese" |
| Unison | In rythym with two or more people |
| Ferocity | An intense or angry quality. |
| Linger | To lurk or stick around. |
| Falsify | |
| Despair | |
| Dismay | |
| Similie | A few cars hissing past, fog hanging like old coats between the trees. |
| Metaphor | I peeled my orange that was so bright against the gray of December that, from some distance, someone might have thought i was making a fire in my hands. |
| Ontomatopeia | A few cars hissing past. |
| Alliteration | The baboons blew up the blue balloons. |
| Imagery | Her house, the one whose porch light burned yellow night and day, and in any weather. |
| Symbol | The oranges represent what small things can mean to others. |
| Theme | Some things can mean a lot. |