Eng

Key Literary Terms

• Time Connectives: Words or phrases used to show the sequence of events in a story (e.g., "then," "next," "before," "after").
• Gruesome: Causing horror or intense disgust.
• Antagonist: A character who creates problems in a story, opposing the hero.
• Eponymous Character: The character whose name is the title of a story.
• Psyche: The mind.
• Instinctively: Without conscious thought.
• Secondary Character: A supporting character in a story, not the main character.
• Devouring: Eating quickly.
• Soot: A black powder.
• Dearly: Greatly, very much.
• Brute: A cruel person or animal.
• Accosted: Approached aggressively.
• Shell: An international oil company.
• Countered: Responded in a slightly hostile way.
• Doused: Put out (a fire or a light).
• Rigidity: Inability to change one's mind or listen to other ideas.
• Adversary: Opponent
• Engulfed: Surrounded completely.
• Rooster: A gathering (usually of birds).
• Frenziedly: In an uncontrolled manner.
• Rallied: Acted together in support of each other.
• Appraised: Judged, considered the value of.
• Treachery: Betrayal.
• Swarmed: Moved quickly in a large group.
• Sweltering: Extremely hot and humid.
• Minuscule: Tiny.
• Ploughed on: Continued.
• Missionaries: People on a religious mission to help a foreign country.
• Rubber gourd: A pot used to collect rubber.
• Admonishing/Reprimanding: Correcting firmly, scolding.
• Cowering: Crouching in fear.
• Busybodies: Meddling, nosy people.
• Writhing: Moving about as if in pain.
• Grotesque: Ugly.

Story Elements

• Fable: A short story designed to teach a moral lesson.
• Prosecuted: Taken to court for doing something illegal.
• Vividly: Clearly, dramatically.
• Remembered: Recall something from memory.
• Harmattan: A dry wind that blows across West Africa from the desert.
• Abstractedly: Lost in thought.
• Brooding: Deep in thought, possibly sad or angry.
• Cocked ears: Turned his head to listen.
• Thicket: A dense group of bushes or trees.

Figurative Language

• Metaphor: A figure of speech used to compare two different things without using "like" or "as." A long-term effect and meaning to have.
• Shadow: A long shadow, casts a long shadow, implying a metaphor comparing something negative to the shadow.
• Rhyme: Words with similar sounds.
• Rhythm: A regular, repeating pattern of sounds.
• Comparative Adjective: Words comparing two things (e.g., tall, taller).
• Chronological Order: The order in which events occur.
• Extended Metaphor: A metaphor that is developed throughout a piece of writing.