Vocab Antonyms
Regular, consistent
What is 'erratic'?
George is short; Lennie is big. George is smart; Lennie is disabled. These paired characters are called ____.
What are 'foils'?
In "By the Waters of Babylon," John has to face this when he crosses the Hudson River, certain that action will be his death.
What is the abyss?
What is 'cherubic'?
A recurring pattern, symbol, image, or character type.
What is a 'motif'?
easily read; clear.
What is 'illegible'?
During the journey, the hero faces a series of ___ that test their limits and build strength, confidence and wisdom.
What are 'challenges'?
The divers ___ everything they could from the sunken treasure ship, but had to leave some of the artifacts behind.
What is 'salvage'?
The voice telling a story; in a first-person POV, it's a character within the story.
What is the 'narrator'?
rich person
What is a 'pauper'?
This literary technique is represented by the first and final scenes of The Lion King, which both take place on Pride Rock.
What is 'framing'?
These beings hold the hero back from entering the journey until they are ready to assume the risks.
What are the 'threshold guardians'?
My uncle is so ___ that no evidence can change his mind once he has made it up.
What is 'opinionated'?
An original pattern or model, used in story telling.
restrained; controlled
What is 'unbridled'?
"A mighty temple it must have been, for the roof was painted like the sky at night with its stars"--the modern reader recognizes this as an ___ to Grand Central Station in New York City.
What is an 'allusion'?
In this atage, the hero returns to their community having absorbed the changes brought on by the journey and 'at-one' with their new role.
What is 'atonement'?
A lot of people thought investing in crypto would be ___ but a series of scams cost them their life savings.
What is 'lucrative'?
What is a 'metaphor'?
to disassemble; to break up
What is 'fabricate'?
"memory is an abstract painting"
What is a metaphor?
What is 'the talisman'?
If you lend me your pencil I will ___ you by replacing it if I lose it.
What is 'compensate'?
A 'turn' or shift in direction in a poem.
What is a 'volta'?