Unit 4: Lessons 4–5

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 8, Unit 4, Lessons 4–5.
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  1. historical
    belonging to the past
  2. figurative
    not literal
  3. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  4. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  5. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  6. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  7. monitor
    keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
  8. comprehension
    an ability to understand the meaning of something
  9. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  10. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
  11. transition
    a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows
  12. treatment
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
Created on Fri Sep 11 12:09:52 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 16 11:55:46 EDT 2020)

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