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Exploring Vocabulary and Literary Terms in "The Monkey's Paw"

Discover key vocabulary and literary terms essential for understanding "The Monkey's Paw." This resource highlights important words such as amiably, grimace, presumptuous, and more, each defined to enhance your comprehension of the text. Additionally, explore critical literary concepts including suspense, mood, symbol, foreshadowing, and allusion, which are pivotal in analyzing the story's themes and messages. Whether you're a student or a literature enthusiast, this guide will deepen your appreciation of the narrative's complexity.

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Exploring Vocabulary and Literary Terms in "The Monkey's Paw"

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  1. The Monkey’s Paw Vocab and Lit Terms

  2. Vocab • Amiably: in a friendly, good-natured way • Grimace: a twisting of the face • Presumptuous: too forward; bold • Doggedly: stubbornly; firmly • Enthralled: fascinated; charmed • Credulity: a tendency to believe too readily • Prosaic: ordinary; commonplace

  3. Vocab • Avaricious: greedy • Sinister: threatening or suggesting evil • Oppressive: hard to bear; distressing.

  4. Literary Terms • Suspense: Feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen • Mood: emotional quality or atmosphere of a story • Symbol: object, person, place, or experience that on the surface is its meanings. A symbol often embodies an idea

  5. Literary Terms • Foreshadowing: use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen later • Allusion: reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history or from another work of literature

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