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Conceal

100

too great to be expressed in words

Ineffable

100

tired or bored, usually from overexposure

Jaded

100

A community is a group of people who share an identity-forming narrative

Toby Lowe, What is community and why is it important

100

The universal life lesson of a story

Theme

200

Not Clear

Vague

200

sly or cunning intelligence

Guile

200

high-sounding but with little meaning

bombastic

200

"The Chinese have a saying: one beam cannot hold the roof up."

Mona's Mom, The White Umbrella

200

The sequence of events that produce a coherent story or narrative

Plot

300

Serious, gloomy, or scary

Grim

300

of the same kind or nature

Homogeneous

300

deceitfulness; double-dealing

Duplicity

300

"You really and truly have earned this, thank you for all your help, my pet."

Senora Ines, The Stolen Party

300

The height of conflict and intrigue in a narrative.

Climax

400

New and Creative

Innovative

400

fast and energetic in an uncontrolled way

Frenetic

400

mercy or lenience

Clemency

400

"That's something a LARPer would say"

Schaeffer

400

The perspective (visual, interpretive, bias, etc.) a text takes when presenting its plot and narrative.

Point of View

500

Silly and Pointless

Fatuous

500

 to weaken

Enervate

500

extreme greed

Avarice

500

"How could I expect to survive high school if I had nothing to show on my feet?"

David Lopera, Chameleon
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 a figure of speech that compares two people, objects, elements, or concepts using “like” or “as.”

simile

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