| A | B |
|---|
| facades | fronts |
| congenial | agreeable; friendly |
| rapacious | greedy |
| emanate | come forth |
| amiably | good natured |
| condoling | expressing sympathy |
| doughty | brave |
| presumptuous | overly bold or confident |
| apathy | lack of emotions or interest |
| extricate | free; release |
| composure | calmness |
| rash | reckless; hasty |
| malicious | deliberately harmful or mean |
| sagacity | intelligence and good judgment |
| refrained | held back |
| suavity | smooth manner |
| audacity | boldness |
| vehemently | forcefully |
| gesticulations | energetic gestures |
| derision | ridicule |
| dissemble | disguising on intentions or feelings |
| profound | deeply intellectual |
| resolve | to make up one's mind |
| deputed | appointed |
| cunningly | with deception; slyly |
| schema | the accumulated knowledge that a person can draw from life experiences |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using "as" or "like" |
| tone | a way of writing that shows a feeling |
| topic sentence | a sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph |
| valid | correct; acceptable |
| voice | to express a choice or opinion |
| mood | the feeling or emotion the reader gets from a piece of writing |
| reliable | sources used for writing that are trustworthy |
| resource | a source of help or support |
| generalize | to come to a broad idea or rule about something after considering particular facts |
| infer | to make a guess based on facts and observations |
| inference | an important idea or conclusion drawn from reasoning rather than directly stated in the text |
| informational text | also called expository text; tells details, facts and information that is true |
| literary devices | techniques used to convey an author's message or voice |
| literary text | also called narrative text; describes actions or events, usually written as fiction |
| main idea | the main reason that passage was written |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
| author's purpose | the reason an author writes, such as to entertain or inform |
| author's tone | the attitude the writer takes toward an audience, subject or character |
| descriptive text | to create a clear picture of a person, place, thing, or idea by using vivid words |
| directions | an order or instructions on how to do something or how to act |
| draw conclusions | to make a decision or form an opinion after considering the facts from the text |
| theme | the main idea in a work of literature |
| static character | one who does not change during the course of action |
| dynamic character | one who does change as a result from the story's events |
