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6th lit exam vocab

TermDefinition
abide to be able to tolerate something
Gluttony eating or drinking too much
Renounced gave up something in a formal way
Liberated freed something from the control of another
Appeased made happy by giving something that is wanted
Inquisitive very curious
Melancholy a sad mood or feeling
muffler scarf
probable likely, but not certain to be true
alighted to land on a surface after flying
concealed hidden
deprivation scarcity
permeated soaked
condescending sneering put down
deftly skillfully
stricken troubled
prolonged lengthen
taut tight
tantalize tease torment
withering dismissive
again and again when a word, phrase or event is repeated in a book
words of the wiser when an older or wiser characters gives the main character advice
contrasts and contradictions when the character does something different from the what you would expect
tough questions when a characters asks themselves a difficult question
memory moment when the action is interrupted and the author tells you about a memory (flashback)
aha moment when a character suddenly figures something out or understands something
simili a comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as
metaphor a comparison between two things that uses a form of be (verb: is are was)
hyperbole an extreme exaggeration
personification when something that is not human is given a human like qulaity
idiom a word or phrase that does not literally mean what it says - it has another meaning
symbol an item or thing that represents some larger idea or significance
allusion making a reference to a part of another work of literature of his story
alliteration using the same consonant sound to start two or more nearby words in a sentence
onomatopoeia words that imitate sounds
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