New Words
to try to understand something by looking at it in detail
explore
very big
colossal
language expressing one thing in terms normally used for another
figurative language
word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
noun
caused to be weak becauase of emotion
overwhelmed
very big
immense
to appear or come into view, often as a very large, dim, or twisted shape
loomed
using ordinary, exact meaning of words
literal
word that expresses an action or state of action or helps a main verb express an action or state of being
verb
person or animal in a story, play, or movie
character
giving off light; glowing
luminous
small piece of matter
speck
using a meaning other than the ordinary, exact meaning of words
nonliteral
words that create a complete thought by using a subject and a verb (ends in a period, starts with a capital letter)
sentence
setting
with a sense of extreme urgency, need, or despair
desperately
written works that are not fiction
nonfiction
noun or noun phrase that performs the action of a sentence or that is in a particular state
subject
very large in size or area
vast
writing that tells an imaginary story
fiction