Previous Vocab
To Hide
Conceal
too great to be expressed in words
Ineffable
tired or bored, usually from overexposure
Jaded
A community is a group of people who share an identity-forming narrative
Toby Lowe, What is community and why is it important
The universal life lesson of a story
Theme
Not Clear
Vague
sly or cunning intelligence
Guile
high-sounding but with little meaning
bombastic
"The Chinese have a saying: one beam cannot hold the roof up."
Mona's Mom, The White Umbrella
The sequence of events that produce a coherent story or narrative
Plot
Serious, gloomy, or scary
Grim
of the same kind or nature
Homogeneous
deceitfulness; double-dealing
Duplicity
"You really and truly have earned this, thank you for all your help, my pet."
Senora Ines, The Stolen Party
The height of conflict and intrigue in a narrative.
Climax
New and Creative
Innovative
fast and energetic in an uncontrolled way
Frenetic
mercy or lenience
Clemency
"That's something a LARPer would say"
Schaeffer
The perspective (visual, interpretive, bias, etc.) a text takes when presenting its plot and narrative.
Point of View
Silly and Pointless
Fatuous
to weaken
Enervate
extreme greed
Avarice
"How could I expect to survive high school if I had nothing to show on my feet?"
a figure of speech that compares two people, objects, elements, or concepts using “like” or “as.”
simile