Homely
Not pretty or handsome; plain
Provide a synonym for the word sweltering
Hot; Humid; Muggy
Provide an antonym for the word adhere.
unsupported, to ignore
Someone who works at a boring, repetitious, physically demanding or menial job.
Drudge
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared the words using like or as.
ex. This gum is like a rock!
Simile
Mire
cause to get stuck as if in a soft, wet area
Provide a synonym for the word chide.
Scold, lecture, reprimand
Provide an antonym for the word din.
silence, quiet
Complete spiritual ruin, total destruction; a state of eternal punishment
Perdition
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
Ex: The sun overhead smiled down at us.
Personification
Apothecary
A person who prepares and sells medicines
Provide a synonym for the word sham.
Fake, Fraud
Provide an antonym for the word ashen.
Rosy, Flush, Glowing
An angry or sullen look or stare; scowl
Glower
A great exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Din
A loud steady noise
Provide a synonym for the word garb.
clothing, attire
Provide an antonym for the word chide.
Praise, Compliment
A loud, steady noise.
Din
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared (without the use of like or as).
Metaphor
Ashen
Pale from illness or emotion
Provide a synonym for the word meager.
Scant, inadequate, modest, little
Provide an antonym for meager.
abundant, full
To laugh quietly or with restraint.
Chortle
The unifying element of a story in which other elements of the story can be linked. A universal truth, experience or idea found in a work of literature.
Ex: Survival; Innocence; Growing Up; Identity
Central Idea