| A | B |
|---|
| misled | fooled; led to believe something wrong |
| tangible | capable of being seen or felt |
| refute | proven wrong using evidence |
| invariably | always |
| verified | confirmed |
| obscure | hide |
| deterioration | (n) used |
| deterioration | (adj) worsening; decline |
| subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story |
| parallel episodes | repeated elements of the plot |
| context clues | hints in the sentence to help you figure out the word's meaning |
| inference | conclusion readers come to based on info from the text and what he already knows |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot |
| idiom | an expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words |
| symbolism | a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well |
| figurative language | any expressive use of language, such as a simile or metaphor |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality |
| alllusion | a reference to a statement, a person, a place or an event from literature, history, mythology, etc. |
