click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ELA extra credit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assert | to state something in a strong and definite way; to demand |
| Decree | an official order or law; command |
| Deliberation | careful consideration before a decision |
| Doleful | : very sad, mournful |
| Domestic | relating to one own’s country; relating to home or family |
| Fervid | passionately enthusiastic |
| Incorruptible | very honest or pure; incapable of being corrupted |
| Imperious | commanding; domineering; overbearing; arrogant |
| Inevitable | bound to happen |
| Progressiveness | the state of moving forward; interested in new or modern ideas. |
| Virtue | morally good behavior or character |
| "Its perfect fairness is obvious." | irony |
| "When people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious wedding. | Juxtaposition |
| "As in usual cases, she was the apple of his eye.." | Idiom- loves the most |
| "...paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her..." | Metaphor |
| "Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably upon that man." | Hyperbole and Repetition |
| King | "In the very olden times there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbor.." This citation shows the king was a some what cruel king who had some uncontrollable ideas. |
| Princess/ daughter | "...had a daughter as blooming as his most florid, fancies and a soul as fervid and imperious." This citation shows the princess characterized as intense and commanding like her father the king. |
| Lover/ commoner in love with the princess | "...he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all kingdom..." This citation shows the boy is characterized as the best looking and bravest boy in the kingdom. |