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| flashback | is a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past |
| foreshadowing | is the authors use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
| inarticulate | unable to express ones self |
| unabashed | unashamed |
| Mercurial | being rapidly changeable in character |
| apprehension | a fearful feeling about what will happen next |
| conspicuous | obvious, noticable |
| insufferable | not able to endured |
| portly | rather corpulent, or obese |
| meticulous | minutely careful |
| carillion | a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manuel or pedal action, or by machinery |
| Captulation | to surrender under conditional terms |
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five scenes |
| theme | is a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work |
| antagonist | is a character or a force in conflict with main character |
| conflict | is a struggle between opposing forces |
| static character | is a person or an animal |
| characterization | the creationof real or imaginary persons that are believeable, fictional personalities |
| setting | the physical background where a story takes place |
| climax | turning point in the plot |
| allegory | a literary, dramatic, or pictorial representation with two levels of meaning |
| protagonist | a main character who is central to the action; the object or the antagonist |
| personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparsion between two unlike things uses like or as |
| feint | to make a pretense of attack |
| precipitate | formed abruptly |
| sear | burn and harden |
| alms | money given to the poor |
| bulwark | protection; defense |
| avarice | greediness |
| indigent | needy; poor |
| plaintively | sorrowfully; mournfully |
| dissembling | consealing ones true emotions or feelings |
| spurned | kicked or brushed aside; rejected |
| cozen | decieved |
| speculatively | uncertaintely; tentively |
