| A | B |
| atone | to make up for; to gain redemption |
| apprehensive | a synonym for "nervous" |
| concrete | an antonym for "abstract" |
| empathy | "I feel for you, since I have experienced the same thing you are going through" |
| animosity | a strong, bitter dislike/enmity for someone or something |
| barren | unproductive, as in a __________ field that doesn't have any crop growth |
| allusion | an indirect reference to something, with categories including "Shakespeare" and "pop culture." |
| diction | This literary device involves "word choice." |
| foreshadowing | This literary device involves an author using hints about what is to come later in the novel |
| symbolism | When one thing (think of the kite in The Kite Runner) represents something else |