Unit 4: Lessons 2–3

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 7, Unit 4, Lessons 2–3.
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  1. science fiction
    genre involving the imagined impact of technology on society
  2. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  3. tense
    a category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  4. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  5. subtly
    in a manner difficult to detect or grasp
  6. idle
    exist in a changeless situation
  7. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  8. recede
    become faint or more distant
  9. pendulum
    an apparatus in which an object is mounted to swing freely
  10. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  11. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  12. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  13. claim
    an assertion that something is true or factual
  14. rhetoric
    using language effectively to please or persuade
  15. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  16. voice
    expressing in coherent verbal form
  17. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
  18. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  19. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  20. device
    something in an artistic work designed to achieve an effect
  21. etymology
    a history of a word
  22. infinite
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space
  23. entail
    have as a logical consequence
  24. crucial
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
  25. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
Created on Mon Sep 14 11:47:36 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Sep 15 12:54:18 EDT 2020)

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