Huck Finn March 4 test Flashcards
1
Q
stretcher
A
exaggeration
2
Q
hogshead
A
large barrel for ship’s supply of sugar
3
Q
ingots
A
cast metal, usually gold or silver
4
Q
flatheads
A
fools
5
Q
stile
A
arrangement of bars or steps to prevent cattle from escaping
6
Q
tanned
A
beat
7
Q
pungle
A
to pay
8
Q
delirium tremens
A
Also known as DTs; violent state of mental and physical disturbance
9
Q
slough
A
marsh or swamp
10
Q
fantods
A
slang for nervous fidgeting, fuss, and stomache
11
Q
picaresque
A
a type of story in which a roguish person of lower class goes on adventures
12
Q
consonance
A
words that have the same ending sound (e.g. “rumbling, grumbling, tumbling)
13
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personification
A
giving human qualities to something nonhuman
