Unit 3: Lesson 2–3

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 8, Unit 3, Lessons 2–3.
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  1. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  2. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  3. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  4. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  5. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  6. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  7. pronoun
    a function word that is used in place of a noun
  8. subject
    one of the two main constituents of a sentence
  9. object
    (grammar) a noun or noun equivalent that is acted upon
  10. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  11. prepositional phrase
    a phrase beginning with a preposition
  12. preposition
    a word before a noun or pronoun connecting to another word
  13. reminisce
    recall the past
  14. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  15. convene
    meet formally
  16. assure
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence
  17. melodrama
    a story with characters behaving in an extreme emotional way
  18. confer
    have a meeting in order to talk something over
  19. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  20. form
    an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
  21. line
    a row of text written across a page or computer screen
  22. image
    a mental representation
  23. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  24. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Created on Fri Sep 11 11:54:54 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 16 11:52:59 EDT 2020)

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