McManus Unit 1
Terms
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- renounced (pro class only)
- gave up
- elaborately (pro class only)
- painstaking care and attention to detail
- incredulously (pro class only)
- with doubt or disbelief
- blundered
- clumsily moving about
- taut
- tightly stretched
- infused
- put into... example: He infused the team with courage and they would be ready to fight to the finish. OR The deodorizer infused the room with the smell of berries.
- intolerant
- refusing or unwilling to accept
- couched
- to put into words; express
- word root -verge
- to bend or turn
- diverged
- to branch off; separate
- smoldering
- to burn without flame
- lilting
- to sing or speak with a light, graceful rhythm
- loitering
- aimlessly lingering
- acquiescent
- to agree without protest/arguing
- scolded
- to criticize harshly
- stoic
- calm and unbothered in spite of suffering
- placidly
- in a calm way *This is different from stoic. Think of Placid Lake... a calm body of water. Still and calm.
- simultaneously (pro class only)
- happening at the same time
- flashback
- an interruption in the story in order to give info on past events
- infinity
- extending beyond measure or comprehension
- term: sequence of events
- the order in which things happen within a story
- rivulets
- little streams
- term: speaker of a poem
- the voice assumed by the writer of a poem
- brisk
- quick in manner
- fiscal
- having to do with finances
- term: paraphrasing
- restating the author's words in your own words
- word root: cred- (pro class only)
- believe
- sturdy
- firm; strong
- term: sensory language
- details within a text that appeal to the five senses
- term: memoir
- form of autobiographical writing that deals with the writer’s memory of a significant event
- furrows
- deep wrinkles
- insolently (pro class only)
- boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior
- supple
- flexible
- term: point of view (pro class only)
- the vantage point or perspective from which a story is told
- benign
- kindly
- term: historical setting (adv class only)
- places and events from history are expressed in this setting
- word part: bene- (adv class only)
- well or good
- benediction (adv class only)
- a blessing
- riveted (adv class only)
- to fasten, or hold attention
- compounded (adv class only)
- mixed or combined
- resolute (adv class only)
- determine; to stand firm