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68 Cards in this Set
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Supressed
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to prevent or end
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Conniver
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devious and scheming
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Flabbergasted
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amazed or astonished
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Valise
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small piece of luggage
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Indulgently
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to allow yourself something enjoyable
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Washboard
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A rectangular board with a corrugated metal surface on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing
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Rube
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Slang term for an unsophisticated countryman or hick
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Bassoon
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A large woodwind musical instrument of low range
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Allusion
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A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something
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Lingo
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The specialized language peculiar to a particular field, group, class, etc.
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Epidemic
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an outbreak spreads quickly
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Gruffaw
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to laugh loudly
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Sulphurously
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Showing an angry temper
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Goldbricker
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one who avoids work by making excuses
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Listless
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feeling no inclination toward or interest in anything; spiritless
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Southpaw
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a person who is left-handed
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Carom
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any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off
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Pacify
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to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquility
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Mesmerism
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Hypnosis as induced through animal magnetism
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Lacquered
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a hard glossy clear coating
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Gardenia
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an evergreen tree or shrub
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Vestibule
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A small room or hall
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Incapacitated
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unable to be effective
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Deft
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moving smoothly, quickly
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Patron
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a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest
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Sedan
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an enclosed automobile having two or four doors
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Starlet
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a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star
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Sarcastic
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using harsh or bitter derision and irony
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Incandescence
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glowing or white with heat; intensely bright, brilliant
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Neuritis
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inflammation of the nerve
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Hombre
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macho or very strong, tough
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Amulet
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a piece of jewely worn for protection
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Brooding
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thinking negative thoughts
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Commotion
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a scene of noisy activity
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Writhing
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twisting about, squirming
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Irrevocable
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unable to be revoked, repealed, recalled, or annulled
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Birch
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a tree with smooth laminated outer bark and close-grained wood
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Tremulous
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characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, weakness, etc.
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Motif of The Natural: Birds
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When Roy is playing poorly, birds hurt him; when he is doing well, he hurts birds.
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Motif of The Natural: Water
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Signify life or femininity
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Motif of The Natural: Vegetation
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Roy's identification with the vegetative god whose powers are a force of life and healing.
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Allusion
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a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., which is not part of the story, that the author expects the reader will recognize
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Characterization
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the methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book.
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Flashback
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a scene that interrupts the ongoing action in a story to show an event that happened earlier.
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Flat or Static character
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a one-dimensional character who lacks diversity and complexity; a character who is either all good or all bad and does not change
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Foreshadowing
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the use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come.
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for emphasis; overstatement.
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Imagery
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the use of words to evoke impressions and meanings that are more than just the basic, accepted definitions of the words themselves.
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Irony
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a perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by its context.
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Metonymy
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the use of a related item to stand for the thing being discussed.
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Motif
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a situation, incident, idea, or image that is repeated significantly in a literary work.
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Narrator
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the one who tells the story.
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human characteristics.
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Plot
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the pattern of events in a literary work; what happens.
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Simile
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a comparison between two different things using either like or as.
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Symbol
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an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea o concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction
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Theme
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the central or dominant idea behind the story
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Tragic flaw
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the main defect of the protagonist in a tragedy
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Tragic hero
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the main character in a tragedy; in order to fit the definition, the hero must have a tragic flaw, which causes his or her downfall.
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Symbols - Wonderboy
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Wonderboy, Roy's bat.
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Symbols - The Train
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When we first see Roy, he is on a train in a tunnel. Emergence of the train from the tunnel is an image of birth.
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Symbols - The Playing Field
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The playing field is a clear stand-in for the Waste Land. The field is dry and parched when Roy arrives, but after his first hit, rain falls for three days and turns the field a vibrant green once more.
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Harriet Bird
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Serial killer that uses silver bullets on her victims (athletes or successful people).
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Judge Goodwill Banner
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Team owner of the New York Knights -- Judge buys out the team
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Sam Simpson
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The scout who first discovers Roy. Father figure to Roy.
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Memo Paris
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Spoiled niece of Pop Fisher. Memo is an unhappy person, and she is never able to get over the death of her boyfriend, Bump Baily
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Iris
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A kind, quiet woman who helps Hobbs snap out of his slump. Roy refuses her in favor of Memo.
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Bump Bailey
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Star of the New York Knights.
** Bump tries too hard to rise above abilities, resulting in disaster when he cracks his skull while trying to catch a long ball. |
