Vocabulary Fall List #1

• Theme - the central message of the story
• Tone - the author's attitude towards the characters, the topic , and the audience
• Mood - how the reader feels
• Truth - if that which can factorial verified in the world
• Syllogism - is the simplest and basic of a argument
• Validity - a test of reason ( does my conclusion follow my premise )
• Diction - is the words an author chooses to tell a story
• Syntax - arrangement of words
• Transmitter - sends message
• Stupid - slow to learn
• Adumbrate - to report or represent in outline
• Apotheosis - the highest point in development of something
• Ascetic - Someone who dedicates his or her life to pursuit an idea
• Bauble - a small showy trinket or decoration
• Beguile - charm or enchant
• Burgeon - begin to grow or increase rapidly ; flourish
• Complement - a thing that completes or brings to perfection
• Contumacious -rebellious
• Curmudgeon -a bad-tempered or surly person
• Didactic - intended for instruction