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ELA EXTRA CREDIT
| Questsion | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decree | an order; an official order or law made by someone is authority |
| Assert | to demand; to state something in a strong and definite way |
| Doleful | very sad; glum |
| Impartial | fair,just; not partial or biased |
| Inevitable | bound to happen:incapable of being avoided |
| Progressive | improved happening/developing gradually over time |
| Virtue | good behavior or character |
| Deliberation | carefully decide; careful consideration before decision |
| Domestic | local |
| Fervid | passionate;passionately enthusiatic |
| Incorruptible | very honest or very pure |
| imperious | commanding |
| "..paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her.."(page 6). | metaphor-explains how scared and worried the princess was to see her lover in the arena |
| "...every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably..." (page 7). | shows hyperbole and repetition-shows the suspense on watching the young man walking to the door |
| "Its perfect fairness was obvious", ( page 3). | irony- you'd think a sensible person would see how it was unfair and unjustice |
| "...a slight, quick movement toward the right" (page 7). | imagery- give us an image of what the princess did to show her lover what door to pick |
| "...human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion.."(page 7). | metaphor- explains how the heart has complex emotions |
| "...semi-barbaric...large florid,untrammeled..." "....man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible...", (page 1). | The king He is described as semi-barbaric, a cruel human being |
| "...as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a should as fervent and imperious as his own", (page 4). | The king's daughter, princess A beautiful girl as fervent as her father and in love with her lover who was a commoner |
| "Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common..." "...he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom.."(page 4). | Princess' lover A handsome young man who is a commoner and in love with the princess |