Unit 4: Literary Vocabulary and Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers Literary Vocabulary and "Vegetable Love in Texas."
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  1. dynamic
    characterized by action or forcefulness of personality
  2. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  3. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  4. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  5. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  6. sarcasm
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  7. stage direction
    instruction or description written in the script of a play
  8. static
    showing little if any change
  9. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  10. voice
    the distinctive way a writer uses language to express ideas
  11. patina
    a thin or superficial layer on the surface of something
    Farmers say
    There are two things
    Money can’t buy:
    Love and homegrown tomatoes.

    They glow in my hands, shimmer
    Beneath their patina of warm dust
    Like talismen.
  12. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
    Farmers say
    There are two things
    Money can’t buy:
    Love and homegrown tomatoes.

    They glow in my hands, shimmer
    Beneath their patina of warm dust
    Like talismen.
  13. crucible
    a vessel used for high temperature chemical reactions
    Summer here is a crucible
    That melts us down
    Each day
  14. maize
    corn
    Out in the country
    Water-starved maize

    Shrivels into artifacts.
  15. desiccated
    thoroughly dried out
    A desiccated cache
    Of shredded life.
  16. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
    But still I have
    This feeble harvest,
    Serendipity in red
Created on Fri Nov 19 17:23:27 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 05 15:16:51 EST 2022)

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