Unit 4: Lesson 3

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 8, Unit 4, Lesson 3.
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  1. historical
    belonging to the past
  2. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  3. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  4. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  5. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  6. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  7. figure of speech
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  8. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  9. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  10. subject
    one of the two main constituents of a sentence
  11. predicate
    the constituent of a sentence containing the verb
  12. fragment
    a piece broken off or cut off of something else
  13. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  14. strew
    spread by scattering
  15. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  16. askew
    turned or twisted toward one side
  17. legitimate
    authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
  18. muted
    being or made softer or less loud or clear
Created on Fri Sep 11 12:08:50 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Sep 25 12:59:57 EDT 2020)

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