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English vocab
Vocab
79 cards·by JoelleHammoud
cynical
distrusting or diparaging the motives of others
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desolate
barren or laid waste, devastated
contiguous
touching, in contact, not actually touching
convivial
friendly, agreeable, festive
defunct
no longer in affect or use, not operating
distraught
distracted, deeply agitated, crazed
dilatory
tend to delay, procrastinate
deference
respect, courtesy, regard
dictum
formal statement of fact or opinion
dimine\uendo
a gradual reduction of force or loudness
calculation
precise reckoning
cluttered
crowded, congested
conformity
action according to customs or rules
censure
criticism
cavernous
roomy spacious, deep
cleave
cling faithfully to something
conjectured
guessed, surmised, supposed
dismal
causing gloom, sad, depressed
notorious jumping frog
mark twain
which poet lived in a hut
thoreau
ministers black veil
nathaniel hawthorne
owl creek bridge
ambrose bierce
great gatsby
f. scott fitzgerald
fall of the house of usher
edgar allan poe
we wear the mask
paul lawrence dunbar
self reliance
ralph waldo emerson
my uncles farm
mark twain
walden
henry david thoreau
richard cory
edwin robinson
because i could not stop for death
emily dickenson
glass menagerie
tennessee williams
song of myself
walt whitman
story of an hour
kate chopin
the raven
edgar allan poe
ministers black veil is a...
parable
moral lesson in Ministers black veil
guilty secret suffering of one another
what does the
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single affect in the fall of the house of usher
sickening, icyness, torture
gothic effect in fall of house...
rodrick burries sister alive
owl creek brig
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message from bierce
war makes men cruel
celebrated jumping frog represents..
humor, dialect, all the above
double negatives in jumping frog
dialect
central image in could not stop for death
carriage ride
create slant rhyme
room+storm
whitman express american voice by
free verse
song of myself and i hear america singing are
affectionate
the singing in i hear america singing
individuality of americans, workers
fitzgerald reflected own life by,
all the above
gatsby took place in..
roaring 20's
who was the piano player in gg
euing
whos myrtles sister
catherine
hope in gg represents
green light
what does gatsby wear to reflect wealth
gold suit
place of poverty in gg
valley of ashes
eyes of god in gg
TJ eckelburg
daisy and white represents
pure, shallow
where does tom go in gm
movies
laura spends time...
all the above
why is amanda worried about the glass collection in gm
worried laura will be forever alone
jim helps laura..
be self reliant, dance,...all the above
lauras symbol
unicorn
"its terribly dreadful"--gm
amanda
"dynamite place"
tom
"you come yelling rise and shine"--gm
tom
"being different not ashamed"--gm
jim
g.c. made early departure--gm
amanda
g.c. made early departure--gm
amanda
"didnt go to the moon"--gm
tom
"afternoon + glass house"--gm
laura
"world lit by lightening"--gm
tom
a symbol
symbolizes something
free verse
poetry lacks regular rhythmic pattern or matter; no lines
theme
central message in the story revealed by literary work
alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds in a line
onopotepia
boom, pow, bang
wild nights?
emily dickenson