| A | B |
|---|
| elusive | hard to pin down |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| bellicose | aggressive |
| end rhyme | rhyming words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry |
| stanza | a verse paragraph |
| quatrain | a four line stanza |
| morose | gloomy |
| nettle | to annoy |
| bemoan | to complain about |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| perpetuated | caused to continue |
| nefarious | wicked, immoral |
| pseudonym | an author's assumed name |
| conundrum | an enigma; a puzzle |
| Onomatopoeia | use of words or sounds to imitate sound effects |
| Climax | high point |
| Pun | play on words |
| Personification | give inanimate object human characteristics |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| metaphors | "The stream's a snake." |
| simile | "She dances like a princess." |
| hyperbole | "My date last night was the most beautiful girl in the world." |
| personification | "The fog crept in on little cat feet." |
| paradox | "A little learning is a dangerous thing." |
| oxymoron | "Jumbo shrimp" |
| ALLITERATION | "The twisting trout twinkled below." |
| CONSONANCE | "...a murmuring of immemorial elms..." |
| symbol | A person, place, thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well; it can signify something else |
| dialogue | Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative |
| science fiction | Fiction that deals with the influence of real or imagined science on society or individuals; many of the events recounted are within the realm of future possibility |
| point of view | The angle or perspective from which a story is told |
| foreshadowing | The introduction of clues early in a story to suggest or anticipate significant events that will develop later |
| Personification | giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics |
| Simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Theme | the main idea in a work of literature |
| tone | the writer's attitude is revealed through this |
| round character | shows many different traits--faults as well as virtues |
| flat character | we see only one side of a character |
| dynamic character | develops and grows during the course of the story |
| static character | does not change or grow |
| external conflict | main character struggles against and outside force |
| internal conflict | involves a character in conflict with himself or herself |
| connotation | the set of ideas associeated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines usually of the sme lenght and meter |
| sonnet | a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject of a literary work |
| apparent | clearly revealed to the mind or sense of judgment |
| scrutinize | to examine carefully for accuracy |
| MOROSE | HE WAS SO ___ THAT I WONDERED IF HE'D EVER SMILED. |
| BELLICOSE | TYBALT IS A ___ PERSON WHO ENJOYS CONFLICT. |
| ELUSIVE | BOB CHASED THAT ___ A IN CALCULUS, BUT HE SEEMED TO ALWAYS MAKE B'S. |
| NETTLE | POLLY'S SILLINESS WAS ENOUGH TO ___ THE MOST PATIENT PERSON. |
| BEMOAN | CALEB __(ED) THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO DO HIS CHORES BEFORE GOING TO THE MOVIES. |
| SURREPTITIOUS | BELINDA BLUSHED WHEN HENRY CAUGHT HER TRYING TO __(LY) GLANCE AT HIM IN CLASS. |
| CONUNDRUM | CHOOSING THE PERFECT WEDDING DRESS WAS A __ THAT CAUSED SAVANNAH A LOT OF STRESS. SHE JUST COULDN'T DECIDE! |
| PERPETUATE | THE REPORTER DID NOT CHECK HER FACTS, AND HER ERRONEOUS NEWS REPORT HELPED TO ___ UNTRUTHS ABOUT THE POLITICAL CANDIDATE. |
| CONFLAGRATION | IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS TO BATTLE THE ___ THAT DESTROYED THE FACTORY. |
| NEFARIOUS | HOWARD WAS ARRESTED FOR A ___ PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. |
