Vocab list #1

Theme- the central or main idea of a text
Tone-Arthur's attitude towards subject, character, or audience
Mood- readers emotion
Diction- the choice and use of words by Arthur; speech or writing
Syntax- the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
Stupid- unintelligent, ignorant
Adumbrate-foreshadow
apotheosis- the highest part of something or example of something 
 ascetic- a person who leads an austerely simple life
Bauble-a ornament or jewelry that is cheap
beguile-attract 
Burgeon- grow quickly 
complement- someone giving you their opinion 
contumacious-stubbornly 
curmudgeon- someone who gets annoyed easily 
Didactic- treating someone in a patronizing way

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