1. Trimester 3 Vocab
Week 3

2. ambiguity
a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways ; unclear
Example: We saw her duck.
Did she bend down?
Or did she have a duck with her?
What do you see in this picture ?

3. persona A mask or voice for a first-person narrator.
a character assumed by an author in a written work
Example: Poe created Montresor’s persona as secretive, intense, vengeful, and perhaps a little insane.

4. indifferent does not matter one way or the other
lack of care or concern
Example: The boy acted indifferent when his parents took his phone away for getting bad grades.

5. Suspense
mental uncertainty or excitement, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety, while awaiting what may happen
Example: The storyline kept us in suspense until the very end.

6. allegory
Characters, actions, and settings stand for abstract ideas (something beyond itself).
Has a straightforward surface meaning, but also stands for something larger than itself
Examples: Death, Justice, Deceit, Vanity
Death came knocking on his door.
The Hunger Games is an example of allegory:
The Capitol is like Hollywood
The game is like our obsession with reality TV