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1 Thank You, Ma’am Vocabulary

2 Mistrust To think of without confidence or trust

3 Daybed a couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night

4 Presentable Fit to be seen by people

5 Frail Delicate; weak and fragile

6 Barren Empty; lacking interest or charm

7 Potential Possibility; ability that may or may not be developed

8 Characterization Description of characters and their qualities; the way a writer makes a person in a story, book, play, movie, or television show seem like a real person

9 Irony the use of words that mean the opposite of what is really meant

10 Tone the attitude of an author toward the subject that he or she is writing about.

11 style or manner of expression

12 Theme a central message, idea, or concern that is expressed in a literary work.

13 Imagery words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help to create a vivid description for the reader.

14 Figurative Language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.

15 Diction the words an author uses to convey ideas to the reader

16 The way words are arranged in a sentence
Syntax The way words are arranged in a sentence

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