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Combined Sets

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Created by: mabrooks

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Term	Definition
Theme	central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
Furtively	secretively;sneakily;stealthily
Equilibrium	state of balance
Abruptly	happening suddenly; unexpectedly
Buffer	lessen a shock; cushion
Inference	a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Verified	proved to be true
Grave	very serious and worrying
Deftness	skillfulnes
Tone	writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
Interminable	endless or seeming endless
Oppressive	causing great discomfort;distressing
Prediction	logical idea about what will happen.
Foreshadowing	giving details that hint at upcoming events
Reveling	taking great pleasure or delight
Convoluted	twisted in a complicated way
Internal Conflict	character in conflict with himself or herself
External Conflict	character struggles against an outside force
Venturing	attempting to do something that involves taking risks
Maligned	spoken ill of
Apathy	lack of interest or emotion
Imperceptibly	so slowly or slightly as to be barely noticeable
Mood	atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Gauge	measure something's size, amount, extent, or capacity
Suspense	a state or feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainty about what is going to happen
Credulity	tendency to believe too readily
Prolonged	extended; lengthy

Theme	Definition: central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work	1	0	false
Furtively	Definition: secretively;sneakily;stealthily	2	0	false
Equilibrium	Definition: state of balance	3	0	false
suddenly	happening _____; unexpectedly	4	1	true
Buffer	Definition: lessen a shock; cushion	5	0	false
Inference	Definition: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning	6	0	false
Verified	Definition: proved to be true	7	0	false
Grave	Definition: very serious and worrying	8	0	false
Deftness	Definition: skillfulnes	9	0	false
attitude	writer's _____ toward his or her audience and subject	10	1	true
Interminable	Definition: endless or seeming endless	11	0	false
Oppressive	Definition: causing great discomfort;distressing	12	0	false
happen	logical idea about what will _____.	13	1	true
Foreshadowing	Definition: giving details that hint at upcoming events	14	0	false
pleasure	taking great _____ or delight	15	1	true
Convoluted	Definition: twisted in a complicated way	16	0	false
Internal Conflict	Definition: character in conflict with himself or herself	17	0	false
External Conflict	Definition: character struggles against an outside force	18	0	false
Venturing	Definition: attempting to do something that involves taking risks	19	0	false
Maligned	Definition: spoken ill of	20	0	false