| A | B |
|---|
| Sentimental | emotional attachment; lovey-dovey; mushy; romantic; tear-jerking |
| Reflective | thinking back; contemplative; meditating |
| Lighthearted | carefree; not stresses; happy-go-lucky; merry; jolly; not always serious. |
| Sarcastic | Mocking; scornful; says the opposite of what is meant; witty |
| Perceptive | observant; responsive; knowing; insightful |
| Optimistic | Anticipating only the best to happen; hopeful; positive; cheerful outlook |
| Regret/Remorseful | To be sorry for |
| Proud | arrogant; haughty; vain; showing pride; excessive self-esteem |
| Appreciative/appreciate | showing appreciation; cherishing something; show gratitude; be thankful; to like |
| Mocking | imitate; ridicule; mimic |
| Depressing | feeling sad; gloom; being in the dumps; unhappy |
| Differ | to be unalike; to disagree; opposite opinion |
| Objective | Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions without influence from your opinions; beliefs; unbiased; fair; impartial; unprejudiced |
| Puzzled | confused; disoriented; baffled |
| Critical | Looking for flaws or defects; points out the negative; against |
| Satire | Humorous ridicule; a literary work ridiculing someone’s faults |
| Satirical | relating to satire |
| Ridicule | To make an object of laughter; to make fun; poke at |
| Synonyms | Words that have the same meaning (angry/mad…cheerful/happy) |
| Antonyms | Words that the opposite meaning (good/bad…beautiful/ugly) |
| Consequence | Results of an action or decision; aftermath |
| Purpose | destination; goal; intention; mission; objective; the reason you do something |
| Persuade | to change someone’s opinion or stand on an issue |
| Demonstrates | shows; exhibits; displays; to show clearly; to prove with evidence |
| Evidence | proof; testimony; witness |
| Opinion | point of view; conviction; belief |
| Gratification | a source of satisfaction or pleasure; reward |
| Comparison | an examination of two things to look for similarities and differences |
| Vague | not clearly expressed or defined; obscure; ambiguous; blurry |
| Ambiguous/ambiguity | uncertain; unclear; unsure; doubtful; capable of being understood in more than one way |
| Example | a pattern to be imitated; one that is representative of the whole |
| Similarities | resemblance; likeness |
| Differences | the qualities that make things or ideas unalike and dissimilar; |
| Optimism | brightness; idealism; positive |
| Setting | The time; place; and circumstance when something occurs |
| Contrast | to compare to look for differences |
| Related | to show a connection between two things |
| Emphasizes/highlights | draws attention to |
| Achieved/achieves | to reach; accomplish; to meet |
| Inferred | guess |
| Conclude | to decide; to determine; to bring to an end |
| Determine | to settle; to decide; to conclude |
| Context | the parts that precede or follow a specific incident in writing |
| incident | an individual event; a specific moment |
| influenced | to have an impact or effect on something |
| impact | influence; effect |
| purpose | the reason; the intended or desired result |
| expresses | shows; illustrates |
| additional | extra |
| obstacle | something that obstructs or hinders or blocks progress |
| classified | categorized; ranked; identified; placed in a group |
| conflict | problem; obstacle |
| suggest | to introduce; to bring to mind; to mention |
| convey | to communicate; to show |
| premeditate | to plan before |
| foreshadows | hints at what is to come |
| accolades | praises; an expression of approval |
| demise | death; the end of; the termination |
