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Hanging Fire / Summ.
Hanging Fire / Summer of His Fourteenth Year
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Resonant | Deep, rich, and echoing sound; powerful or meaningful. |
| Aimless | Without purpose, direction, or clear plan. |
| Tense | Nervous, anxious, or showing stress. |
| Intermittent | Happening at irregular times; not continuous. |
| Sated | Fully satisfied; having had enough of something (often food). |
| Teeming | Full or overflowing with; swarming. |
| Cloying | Too sweet, rich, or emotional in a way that becomes unpleasant. |
| Surliness | A rude, bad-tempered, or unfriendly attitude. |
| Free verse | Poetry that does not have regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme. |
| Speaker | Voice that talks to the reader and shares his or her point of view. |
| Inference | Logical guess based on clues and your own knowledge and experience. |