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hyperbole
an extreme exaggeration
ex. “I could eat a horse.”
simile
a comparison using like or as
ex. “The clouds were like cotton candy”
metaphor
a comparison not using like or as
ex. “The snow was a blanket across the grass.”
personification
giving a inatimate object lifelike properties
ex. “The furnace roared.”
onomatopeia
when the word looks how it sounds
ex. “boom”
allusion
a reference to a historical event
ex. “Swimming is his Achilles Heal”
autocratic
absolute in power or authority
adieu
farewell
asylum
an institution for the care of childred, the elderly; a place of safety
surly
angry and bad tempered, rude
dwindle
to lessen, diminish
emancipate
to gain freedom from a higher authority
enlightened
to be informed of information
candid
unposed for, random
scuttle
to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry
a pail
inscribe
to write or engrave, to put ones name on a list
despicable
cruel and evil
bogus
false, counterfit
impel
to drive or force someone to something
laborious
requiring long and hard work
statute
a law
envoy
a representative or messenger in the government
console
to comfort
a control panel for an electric gaming system
temperate
mild, moderate
aspire
to have ambicious hopes or plans or goals, to want to be or do something
proponent
one who presents a proposal, one who supports a cause or belief
comport
to conduct or behave oneself with manners
concise
short and to the point
obtrusive
forward, undisirablely prominant, thrust out
invincible
not able to be beat, undefeated
pugnacious
quareelsome, fond of fighting
rejuvenate
make young again, refresh
blanch
to remove all color from, turn pale
assimilate
to absorb fully or make onne’s own, fully adapt to
vagrant
a person without a settled home who wanders
blaspehmy
an act, utterance, or attempt to go against something sacred
Setting of TKAM
Maycomb, AL
1930s/Great Depression
Main Points of Plot of March
John has a meeting with MLK JR
The Nashville student movement starts
Sit Ins start
Time Period of March, Book One
1960s, Civil rights
Bloody Sunday/Edmund Pettus Bridge
Very non violent protest on the bridge turned into a fatal outburst by police. Many killed and injured in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Called bloody sunday because many people died from the brutalily.
Past and personalilty traits of King Shahryar
First wife cheated on him. He started marrying a new woman every day and kills them.
Distrustful
Scheherazade
Told stories to the king but left on cliff hangers so that the king would let her live. Lasted 1001 nights then actualyl got married.
Hera (Greek)
Juno (Roman)
Demeter (Greek)
Ceres (Roman)
Hades (G)
Pluto (R)
Artemis (G)
Diana (R)
Aeolus
God of the winds, caused bad wind and shipwreks Aeneas and his men
Neptune
Rescues the men that are still alive in the Aenied, god of the sea
Juno
Loved Carthage and wanted to stop Aeneas’s men from getting there because their is a prophecy that he is going to destory it.
Night - Setting
Holocaust
Juno (R)
Hera
Ceres
Demeter
Pluto
Hades
Diana
Artemis