Define the word
Stereotype
Unfair belief about a group of people.
Vignette
THOMS is a book made up of many short vignettes.
I defied my mom's order to clean my room.
Defied
Ordinary
Normal
To copy
Imitate
Distant
Not emotionally close.
Allusion
THOMS made allusions to Cinderella and nursery rhymes.
The great grand mother in THOMS was submissive to her husband who kidnapped her.
Submissive
Combat
Fight
Happy or satisfied.
Content
Despair
Losing all hope.
Authority
The principal has the authority to expel students.
The stone was rigid.
Rigid
Sorrow
Sadness
To walk with confidence.
Strut
Unreliable Narrator
Not completely true or accurate.
Ferocious
The ferocious tiger attacked his prey without being detected.
The poem used imagery that I could picture in my mind.
Imagery
Denotation
To give someone power.
Empower
Evocative
A description that produces strong images, memories.
Dismantle
I dismantled the lego person and took of his limbs one by one.
The dog fondly followed her owner around the house.
Fondly
Ashamed
Embarassed
Beyond the literal meaning.
Connotation