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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
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A lady's private bedroom, sitting room, or dressing room
What is a boudoir?
100
A small dainty usually ornamental piece of delicate workmanship; something elegant
What is a bijou?
100
The author's reasons for writing a piece of literature
What is author's purpose?
100
How an author writes a piece of literature
What is author's style?
100
To make more clear; less confusing
What is clarify?
200
The French word for cent.
What is a centimes?
200
An expert judge in matters of taste
What is a connoisseur?
200
To describe the distinctive nature of a character
What is characterize?
200
A character's physical/mental struggles; not the action, but the reason why
What is conflict?
200
Originating in the distant past; very old
What is immemorial?
300
A person recovering from an illness
What is a convalescent?
300
Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character
What is a dissimulation?
300
The words that create visual or sensory images in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
300
To conclude from evidence or reasoning
What is infer?
300
Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
What is iridescent?
400
The delta region of the Province of Tarragona, Northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean.
What is the Ebro Delta?
400
A dictatorship which controls the lives of its people
What is a Fascist?
400
The opposite of what you really expect
What is irony?
400
Something that means more than it is
What is symbol?
400
Existing outside of nature; exceeding what is natural or regular
What is preternaturally?
500
Hebrew female name mentioned twice in the Bible; it means "my delight in her"
What is Hephzibah?
500
A prying observer who is usually seeking the scandalous
What is a voyeur?
500
The central idea of a piece of literature
What is theme?
500
The writer's attitude toward a subject or character
What is tone?
500
Short and not sounding connected
What is staccato?