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Literature Vocabulary

Literature and the Language Arts - responding to Literature.

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apprehensivefearful; anxious; unsure
brusqueabrupt; blunt in manner or speech
cadencea rhythmic sequence
callusedhardened
charactera person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work
characterizationthe act of creating or describing a character
defiantresistant; bold; unyielding
demeanorbehavior toward others; outward manner
figure of speechwriting or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally
gauntexcessively thin
illuminemake bright or shining
imagelanguage that creates a concrete representation of an object or an experience; a vivid mental picture created in the reader's mind by that language
imagerythe images in a literary work when considered altogether
impotencepowerlessness, helplessness
jovialjolly, merry
metaphorfigurative language in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another
monotonousmarked by unvarying pitch and intensity
palliddull, lacking liveliness or color
pandemoniuma wild uproar
personificationfigurative language in which something not human is described as if it were human
prologuepreface, introduction
pulsatethrob rhythmically
quaverytrembling
rhythmthe pattern of beats in a line of poetry or prose
sauntermove in a leisurely manner, stroll
similecomparison using like or as
sullengloomy, somber
themea central idea in a literary work
undulatemove in waves


Bear Lake Middle School
Montpelier, ID

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