Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
figurative
|
beautiful, dream-like language an author uses to express ideas
|
|
|
literal
|
language that can be understood from its obvious meaning
|
|
|
chamber
|
a room
|
|
|
camphor
|
a substance with a strong odor that comes from the wood of the camphor tree
|
|
|
turpentine
|
liquid produced by pine trees, used as a paint thinner
|
|
|
balsam
|
an aromatic oil that comes from a kind of evergreen tree
|
|
|
perfect rhyme
|
words that sound alike after the first consonant
|
|
|
turret
|
a small tower
|
|
|
devour
|
eat eagerly
|
|
|
*scaled
|
climbed
|
|
|
molder
|
decay away
|
|
|
*vales
|
valleys
|
|
|
*pensive
|
thoughtful
|
|
|
metaphor
|
compares two unlike things, and does not use the words “like” or “as”
|
|
|
personification
|
giving human characteristics to something not human
|
|
|
flail
|
a tool used to thresh grain by hand
|
|
|
images
|
a word or phrase that brings a picture to the mind’s eye
|
|
|
imagery
|
sensory language that affects the five senses
|
|
|
*phantom
|
ghostly
|
|
|
*hearkening
|
listening
|
