Vocabulary 1
Arduous
What is Difficulty; laborious?
Assailed
What is Attacked; assaulted?
Is a literary movement that began in the late 1800s and was a reaction to Victorian literature and Romanticism.
What is Naturalism in Literature?
Callowness
What is Immaturity; unsophisticated?
Is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.
What is Exposition?
Conspicous
What is clearly in view; distinguishable?
Copious
What is Abundant; large amount?
Is a genre of writing that originated in Europe in the late 18th century.
What is Romantic Literature?
Daunted
What is Discouraged; intimidated?
Describes how word choice, subject matter, and the author's tone convey an overall feeling that characterizes the emotional landscape of a poem for readers.
What is mood?
Deft
What is Apt; clever?
Formidable
What is difficult to deal with?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
What is personification?
Futilely
What is serving no useful purpose?
Is the primary opponent of the protagonist, and the biggest obstacle standing between the main character and their goal.
What is antagonist?
Domineering; arrogant
What is imperiously?
Trembling or throbbing
What is palpitate?
Is the attribution of human traits, feelings, and behaviors to inanimate objects, animals, or nature
What is anthropomorphism?
A scrap, fragment, or trace remaining
What is remnant?
An author hints of what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Aversion, dislike, reluctance
What is repugnance?
Dark complexion
What is swarthy?
The sequence of events, actions, and conflicts that take place in a story.
What is plot?
Certainly; unmistakable
What is certitude?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This device uses contrast to create meaning. Means placing opposite concepts or objects side by side.
What is juxtaposition?