Unit 1: Lessons 3–4

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 9, Unit 1, Lesson 3–4.
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  1. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  2. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  3. subplot
    a subordinate or secondary story in a work of fiction
  4. distend
    become wider
  5. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  6. audacious
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  7. intrusion
    entry to another's property without right or permission
  8. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  9. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
  10. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  11. figurative
    not literal
  12. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  13. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  14. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
Created on Fri Aug 28 15:19:29 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Apr 05 15:55:40 EDT 2021)

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