Theology
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- scourges
- to inflict punishment
- doggerel
- clumsy verse, having irregular form, rhymes
- Mr. Falk
- Black Boyy-- this character lets Richard use his library card
- palatial
- about a palace
- stroke
- Black Boy-- what did Richard's mother suffer from
- Bess
- Black Boy-- this character's goal is to find a husband and settle down with a family
- copiously
- adundantly
- mollified
- to calm in temper or feeling
- elicited
- deserved, earned
- 6
- Black Boy-- how old was Richard when he was taught to drink and swear
- setting
- time and place of a story
- recumbent
- reclining
- cryptic
- mystifying, having hidden meaning
- motif
- a reccurent thematic element
- Harrison
- Black Boy-- this character was paid to fight Richard
- invectives
- abusive words
- valedictorian
- Black Boy-- What honor did Richard earn when he graduated from school
- emulate
- copy, strive to equal or excel
- languor
- lack of physical/mental energy
- Indian girl drowning
- Black Boy-- What was the subject of the very first story written by Richard
- impudent
- rude
- self in 1958
- persona poem about plastic doll
- pugnacious
- combative in nature
- Uncle Tom
- Black Boy-- Richard threatened this character with razor blades
- grapple
- sieze firmly, struggle
- predilection
- preference
- repetition
- repeated use of words or phrases for emphasis or rhythmic effect
- dialect
- geopraphic vernacular
- simile
- comparrison between 2 things, using like or as
- imagery
- descriptive phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader
- cesspool
- a covered pit for sewage
- injunction
- act of joining
- palled
- boring, wearisome
- theme
- central idea of a story
- Aunt Jody
- Black Boy-- this character overheard Richard using bad language
- deliveryman
- Black Boy-- who taught Richard how to count
- lanced
- to pierce with a lance
- denotation
- a word's literal meaning
- intangible
- incapable of being defined
- blank verse
- unrhymes written poetry
- anaphora
- a brief statement that expresses a truth about life
- connotation
- emotional response evoked by a word
- contrast
- opposite comparrison
- mottled
- to mark with spots or blotches or different shades
- the death of the hired man
- in this frost poem the old man came home to die
- nominal
- related to names
- bitter and disappointed
- Jilting of Granny Weatherall-- what two things describe this poem
- solicitude
- anxious, concern
- mood
- overall feeling or atmosphere created by the writer
- infinite
- limitless
- dark and lonely
- What is the mood of "Acquainted with the Night"
- Uncle Hoskins
- Black Boy-- this character was killed by white men who cveted his financial success
- Uncle Clark
- Black Boy-- A young boy died in this character's house
- asafetida
- bitter-smelling plant used in medicine
- foreshadowing
- a use of hints or clues
- set on fire
- Black Boy-- what happened to Richard's house when he was four
- boon
- timely benefit or blessing
- surreptitiously
- stealthily
- morose
- sullen, gloomy
- rhythm
- pattern or flow of sounds created by stressed and unstressed syllables
- Aunt Addie
- Black Boy-- this character encouraged students to play pop-the-wip
- sonorously
- deep sounding
- Brother Mance
- Black Boy-- this character hired Richard to complete insurance forms
- the Jilting of Granny Weatherall
- poem about sick lady who begins to lose her mind
- boy's heartbeat growing less and less until he died
- In the poem "out-out" to what was Frost referring when he wrote "Little-less-nothing!"
- stanza
- a group of lines that form a unit in a poem
- Life for My Child is Simple
- poem that gives the idea that reaching is learning
- new stanza
- how does Frost differentiate between the lines spoken in "The Death of the Hired Man"
- mirror
- this poem was a persona about reflecting truthfully
- Leon
- Black Boy-- This character was sent to live with Aunt Maggie