Last vocab

Question 1

Increasing, enlarging

Getting bigger

Answer 1

Augmenting

The weapons of World War 1 were augmenting.

Question 2

Injustice, complaint

Complaint

Answer 2

Grievance

The employee filed a grievance due to unfair treatment by his supervisor.

Question 3

Wrongdoing, sin

Wrong

Answer 3

Transgression

Cheating on a test is considered a transgression.

Question 4

Those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church

Opposite of what others think

Answer 4

Heretics

Those who believe in same-sex marriage are considered heretics because it goes against the church.

Question 5

Cleverness, slyness

Tricky

Answer 5

Cunning

The cunning boy escaped the locked up room.

Question 6

Get

Recieve

Answer 6

Procure

Paris hoped to procure Juliet’s love.

Question 7

Worthless

No value

Answer 7

Vile

Juliet considered marriage vile, and didn’t want to try hard to find the perfect man.

Question 8

Having dominating influence over others

Majority

Answer 8

Predominant

Adolf Hitler was predominant over the German population.

Question 9

The act of pleading on behalf of another

Pleading

Answer 9

Intercession

The judge interceded on behalf on the prosecutor.

Question 10

Of a sickly, pale, yellowish complexion

Sick

Answer 10

Sallow

After getting hit in the face with the ball, the girl looked sallow.

Question 11

One who changes or is unsteady

Unbalanced

Answer 11

Waverer

During the novel Huck Finn, Huck is a waverer because he is constantly changing day to day, by acting like Tom Sawyer and Jim.

Question 12

Distressing, sad

Upset

Answer 12

Lamentable

Romeo not finding Rosaline is lamentable.

Question 13

Causing great injury or ruin

Broken bone

Answer 13

Pernicious

There is pernicious fighting between the two families.

Question 14

The authors method of structuring a text; the way the text is structured from beginning to end. In literary works, the structure could include flashback and foreshadowing, for example. In nonfiction works, the structure could include sequence question-answer, cause-effect, etc.

Structure

Answer 14

Text organization/structure

The text organization/structure in Huck Finn is organized into chapters.

Romeo be Juliet is organized by act.

Question 15

A topic or discussion of work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. A theme may be stated or implied. Clues to the theme may be found in the prominent and/or reoccurring ideas in a work.

Major idea

Answer 15

Theme

The theme of Huck Finn is maturing.

The theme of Romeo and Juliet is love.

Question 16

A perspective in literature, the third-person point of view presents the events of the story from outside any single character’s perception, much like the omniscient point of view, but the reader must understand the action as it takes place without any special insight into character’s minds or motivations.

First, second, _____

Answer 16

Third person

Third person point of view is separated into two categories: limited and omniscient.

Question 17

The attitude of the author towards the audience, characters, subject, or the work itself. (Serious, humorous)

Opposite of mood

Answer 17

Tone

The tone of the book Huck Finn is ironic but serious.

Question 18

A character the symbolically embodies well-known meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where he/she lives(hero, villain, intellectual, dreamer)

All around

Answer 18

Universal character

Romeo is a universal character because everyone falls in love regardless if it works out.

Question 19

The generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or time period

All around significance

Answer 19

Universal significance

The universal significance in Huck Finn is treating people equally.

Question 20

The fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that make it unique to the author

What I use when I talk

Answer 20

Voice

Mark Twain’s voice sparked adventure in the novel Huck Finn.