Unit 1: Lessons 3–4

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 1, Lessons 3–4.
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  1. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  2. strait
    a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  3. expedition
    an organized group of people undertaking a journey
  4. conquistador
    a 16th-century Spanish conqueror of Peru and Mexico
  5. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  6. flotilla
    a fleet of small craft
  7. unimpeded
    not slowed or prevented
  8. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  9. posse
    a temporary police force
  10. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  11. voice
    expressing in coherent verbal form
  12. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  13. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  14. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  15. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  16. invert
    reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
  17. syntax
    the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
  18. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
Created on Tue Sep 01 09:56:05 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Sep 03 17:17:19 EDT 2020)

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