Grammar
jim was happy.
Jim was happy.
The main character
Protagonist
Slightly rude in speech or manner
brusque
To travel across or through
Traverse
Showing great wealth and luxury
Opulent
Jim was happy excited and proud.
Jim was happy, excited, and proud.
The opponent who blocks the protagonist
Antagonist
To break a rule or boundary
Transgress
Regarded as too important to be changed/interfered with
Sacrosanct
To make more pointed
Hone
Jim had a wonderful two week vacation.
Jim had a wonderful two-week vacation.
When the protagonist is actually a villain of the story, but we empathize anyway
Anti-Hero
Having a long or flexible quality
Lithe
Extremely angry
Livid
To support
Espouse
Jims moms grandma is lisa
Jim's mom's grandma is Lisa
A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character
Foil
Artificially sweet
Not able to be seen
Opaque
Extremely unpleasant
Odious
Secretly Joe was happy to return to school after a tedious two week winter break filled with full time work at his moms insurance office
Secretly, Joe was happy to return to school after a tedious two-week winter break, filled with full-time work at his mom's insurance office.
An insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work
Theme
Emotionally uninvolved
Aloof
Lacking originality or flair
Trite
All future generations
Posterity