English 7 Pearl
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- Benigh
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Gentel, mild, favorable, harmless
Adjective - Lethargy
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a state of sluggishness and inactivity
-noun - Edifice
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a building, especially one of imposing structure
-noun - Waning (to wane)
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to decrease gradually in size, amoun, intensity, or degree, to decline.
-verb - Sentinel
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a guard
-noun - Goading (to goad)
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to prod or urge as if with a long, pointed stick
-verb - Monolithic
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massive, solid, and uniform: formed from a single block
-adjective - Escarpment
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a steep slop or long cliff
-noun - Intercession
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a prayer said on behalf of another person
-noun - Malignant
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harmful, evil
-adjective - Theme
- A central message, concern, or insight into the life expressed in a literary work.
- Protagonist
- The main and most important character of a literay work, the focus of the reader's attention
- Antagonist
- A character or force in conflict with the main character or protagnist. A character who acts as an antagonist usually has some goal that is at odds with the goals of the protagonist.
- Parable
- a short tale told to illustrate a universal truth
- Inference
- a reasonable conclusion based on evidence (to infer= to make an inference)
- Foreshadowing
- the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur in a literary work
- Narrator
- the speaker or character that tells the poem or story
- Image
- a word of phrase or use of words used to bring a picture to the reader's mind or evoke one or more of the five senses (touch, tast,, sight, smell, hearing)
- Imagery
- the use of words used to bring a picture to the reader's mind or evoke one of the five senses.
- Symbol
- a concrete object or image that represents something abstract (an emotion, feeling, idea, theme). I literature, symbols are often used to represent, or symbolize, themes or important ideas in literary work. The symbols meaning is not stated outright; the reader usually has to infer what the symbol stands for.
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