Text Vocabulary
Atticus was expounding upon farm problems when Walter interrupted to ask if there was any molasses in the house.
What is "expound?"
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What rhetorical device compares two things WITHOUT using like or as?
What is a metaphor?
This word means a countless or extremely great number.
What is myriad?
Jem condescended to take me to school the first day, a job usually done by one's parents, but Atticus had said Jem would be delighted to show me where my room was.
What is "condescend?"
What rhetorical device is present?
Does it dry up? like a raisin in the sun?
What is simile?
These two words (get 1) represent adjectives granted to two of Mr. Stampone's favorite authors
What are Orwellian / Kafkaesque?
Define Stupor (act 1 scene 1)
A daze
This rhetorical device (also a stampword!) represents when two things are shown to be opposites by placing them next to one another
What is juxtaposition?
This word means a feeling of great happiness and triumph.
What is jubilation?
Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene II uses the word "forlornly." Define it
Sadly
This word means make (something) clear; explain. I used it in a paragraph once, writing, " _______ing the impression thusforth." Don't do that.
What is elucidate.
She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.
Define tyrannical? (roughly)
Answers may vary. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
This word means to take something by force or wrongfully, especially during war or a hostile raid. Arg!
what is plunder?