Unit 6: Lesson 3

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 9, Unit 6, Lesson 3.
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  1. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  2. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  3. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  4. figurative
    not literal
  5. poem
    a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
  6. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
  7. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  8. at large
    in a general fashion
  9. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  10. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  11. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  12. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  13. integrity
    moral soundness
  14. embark
    set out on, as an enterprise or subject of study
  15. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
Created on Mon Aug 31 12:50:45 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Sep 25 13:03:27 EDT 2020)

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