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Language Arts Vocab2

2015-2016

TermDefinition
suspense the increasingly strong feeling that something exciting or action-packed is about to happen
foreboding the increasingly strong sense something BAD is about to happen (a specific type of suspense)
confrontation a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties.
point of view a particular attitude or way of considering a matter
perspective point of view
connotation an idea or feeling associated with a word beyond its literal meaning
denotation the literal or primary meaning of a word
literal taking words in their most basic, exact sense
figurative taking words in a metaphorical sense
prose written or spoken language in its ordinary, not poetic, form
horror a literary genre designed to scare the living snot out of you
dismember to chop a body into pieces
decapitate to chop a head off of a body
defenestrate to push someone out of a window
suffocate die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe
exsanguinate to drain of blood
archaic very old-fashioned
keen to wail in grief for the dead
macabre gruesome, horrifying
mournful sorrowful, sad
premonition a forewarning
entomb to place in a tomb; bury
phantom ghost; apparition
amulet protective charm
conjure to produce as if by magic
exhume to dig something buried out of the earth
stench an offensive smell
crypt an underground tomb
noun a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
pronoun a part of speech that replaces a noun
verb a part of speech that shows action or being
adjective a part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun
adverb a part of speech that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
conjunction a part of speech that links words, phrases, and clauses
coordinating conjunctions for and nor but or yet so
forms of "be" am are is was were be being been
declarative sentence a sentence that makes a statement
interrogative a sentence that asks a question
imperative a sentence that is a command
exclamatory a sentence that shows emotion
Created by: kaiki.dolce
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