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CREATED BY: SYDNEY STAFFORD
{STUDY GUIDE}
VOCABULARY:
EXASPERATED - To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extreamly
BOVINE - Of or pertainining to the subfamily bovinate which includes cattle, buffalo, and kudu
PLAINTIVELY - Expressing sorrow or mournful
MELANCHOLY - A gloomy state of mind when habitual or prolonged; deppressed
RETORTED - To reply to usually in a sharp or retalitory way; reply in kind to.
ABRUPTLY - Sudden or unexpected
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
PERSONIFICATION - The lamps were burning
PERSONIFICATION - Heat lightning again and again it throbed without a sound
PERSONIFICATION - The sun was a roar without sound
SIMILE - They would all come running like pigs to slop
SIMILE - They were careful with her as if she were an egg
METAPHOR - The road was an ailse of brilliant velvet dust
METAPHOR - The sun was a blazing glare, so thorough and remorsless
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