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Thursday, September 15, 2016

vocab # 1

theme  is a piece of writing or also a persons thoughts 

tone   the attitude towards the story

mood   the readers emotion when they read 

diction   the words an author uses to define a story

syntax   the way the authors puts together the words  

stupid   lacking intelligence or common sense

adumbrate   report or represent in outline

apotheosis   the highest point in the development of something

ascetic      characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence

bauble a small, showy trinket or decoration

  beguile    or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

 burgeon     begin to grow or increase rapidly 

complement  a thing that completes or brings to perfection

contumacious  stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

curmudgeon  a bad-tempered or surly person

didactic intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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