Academic Vocabulary Unit 19: Literature

the use of vivid descriptions to make mental pictures; mental images

I have come to be an expert in wine so my friends call me a/an ____.

open to several possible meaning or interpretations; difficult to understand; unclear

Comparisons using LIKE or AS are called _____.

occurring after death; published after the death of the author

the dominant theme in a literary or musical composition; a recurring element in a work of art

the act of giving human qualities to ideas or inanimate objects

the act of drawing a conclusion from evidence

a fear of poetry

a class of artistic work having a particular form, content, or technique

a person who can judge the best in a field

first in importance, place, or time; chief

a figure of speech that makes a comparison; to state that one thing is another

a figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things, introduced by the word LIKE or AS

Emily Dickinson died in 1886, and almost all her poems were published AFTER her death or ___.

The tree branches spread out before me LIKE a fortress. What figure of speech is used?

Many students suffer from _____ because they have a fear of poetry.