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Title: SHORT STORIES IV


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SHORT STORIES IV
  • The Smuggler
  • Split Cherry Tree
  • Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil
  • Fifty First Dragon

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The Smuggler
3
Denunciation
  • Expression of strong disapproval public
    condemnation

4
Anonymous
  • By or from a person whose name is not known or
    given

5
Resplendent
  • shining brilliantly
  • gleaming

6
Partisan
  • A strong supporter of a person, party or cause

7
Jettison
  • Throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or
    aircraft in distress

8
Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil
9
Nocturnal
  • Of the night

10
Marsupial
  • Mammals having a pouch covering the mammary
    glands on the abdomen
  • Can anyone give me an example???

11
Carnivorous
  • Flesh eating

12
Quell
  • to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission
    or passivity

13
Scow
  • a large flat-bottomed boat with broad square ends
    used chiefly for transporting bulk material

14
Tundra
  • One of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of
    the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North
    America.

15
Prospector
  • a person who searches for the natural occurrence
    of gold, petroleum, etc

16
Cower
  • to crouch, as in fear or shame.

17
Retribution
  • the act of punishing or taking vengeance for
    wrongdoing, sin, or injury punishment or
    vengeance.

18
Mete
  • to distribute or apportion by measure allot

19
Conglomeration
  • a cohering mass cluster.

20
Fifty-first Dragon
21
Joust
  • A combat between two mounted knights or
    men-at-arms using lances

22
Lance
  • a thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden
    shaft with a sharp metal spearhead

23
Brandish
  • To wave or flourish menacingly.

24
Malice
  • desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to
    another

25
Potent
  • Possessing inner or physical strength powerful

26
Debauch
  • To corrupt morally To lead away from excellence
    or virtue

27
Assent
  • Agreement concurrence

28
A Death in the House
29
Bushing
  • A fixed or removable cylindrical metal lining
    used to constrain, guide, or reduce friction

30
Short Shrift
  • careless treatment scant attention

31
Keen
  • finely sharpened, as an edge so shaped as to cut
    or pierce substances readily

32
Eave
  • The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a
    roof

33
Nape
  • the back of the neck

34
Finicky
  • difficult to please fastidious

35
Eccentric
  • Departing from a recognized, conventional, or
    established norm or pattern.

36
Stoneboat
  • a flat sledge or drag for transporting heavy
    items

37
Forge
  • A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or
    wrought a smithy.

38
Split Cherry Tree
39
Protozoa
  • Members of four classes of microscopic,
    animal-like protists

40
Pillage
  • Rob with violence

41
Withe
  • A willow twig

42
Fodder
  • Coarse food for horses, cattle, etc..

43
  • LITERARY TERMS

44
FICTION
  • A TYPE OF LITERATURE THAT IS ABOUT IMAGINARY
    EVENTS

45
NONFICTION
  • LITERATURE ABOUT REAL PEOPLE AND EVENTS

46
SETTING
  • THE TIME (TIME OF DAY OR SEASON OR PERIOD IN
    HISTORY) AND PLACE IN WHICH THE ACTION OF A STORY
    OCCURS

47
FORESHADOWING
  • A HINT GIVEN TO THE READER OF AN EVENT THAT WILL
    HAPPEN

48
IRONY
  • A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AND WHAT
    REALLY IS

49
CONFLICT
  • THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES THE FOUR
    TYPES ARE MAN VS. MAN MAN VS. NATURE MAN VS.
    SOCIETY MAN VS. HIMSELF

50
PLOT
  • THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

51
CHARACTERIZATION
  • THE METHODS AN AUTHOR USES TO EXPLAIN HIS/HER
    CHARACTERS TO THE READER

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POINT OF VIEW
  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STORYTELLER AND THE
    CHARACTERS IN THE STORY

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NARRATOR
  • THE TELLER OF THE STORY
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