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A comprehensive guide to unusual vocabulary meanings for students and literary devices, focusing on descriptive language and examples of literary devices in writing that enhance storytelling and create atmospheric effects.

  • Explores complex vocabulary terms essential for advanced writing and reading comprehension
  • Details various literary devices including understanding pathetic fallacy in literature and their practical applications
  • Provides clear examples of how weather and environmental descriptions can enhance narrative mood
  • Demonstrates the effective use of sensory language and figurative devices in creative writing
  • Includes specialized terms for describing emotions, environments, and atmospheric conditions

22/04/2023

317

WEARY
(feeling or showing
extreme tiredness from
excessive exertion.)
DISDAIN
(something unwo-
(thy Of consideration)
EERIE
(STRANGE &
FRIGH

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Page 2: Literary Devices and Stylistic Techniques

This section explores various literary devices that writers use to create powerful effects in their writing, focusing on techniques that enhance atmospheric description and emotional impact.

Definition: Pathetic fallacy is a literary device where weather or natural phenomena reflect characters' emotions or the story's mood

Example: "Thick grey clouds casting an eerie darkness" demonstrates pathetic fallacy by using weather to create a foreboding atmosphere

Highlight: Sibilance, demonstrated in "Shattered Streets Stumbled," uses repeated 's' sounds to create a sinister or mysterious effect

Definition: Zoomorphism involves attributing animal-like qualities to non-animal things, as in "the wind howled"

Example: Synesthesia in writing combines different sensory experiences, such as "scent of death and decay," mixing smell with abstract concepts

Highlight: The use of triple listings ("machines, devices, and contraptions") creates rhythm and emphasis in descriptive passages

WEARY
(feeling or showing
extreme tiredness from
excessive exertion.)
DISDAIN
(something unwo-
(thy Of consideration)
EERIE
(STRANGE &
FRIGH

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Page 1: Essential Vocabulary for Advanced Writing

This page presents a carefully curated collection of sophisticated vocabulary terms that enhance descriptive writing and reading comprehension. Each word has been selected to help students develop more nuanced expression in their writing.

Vocabulary: Weary - describes a state of extreme tiredness resulting from excessive exertion or strain

Example: The weary traveler collapsed into the chair after his long journey through the mountains.

Vocabulary: Disdain - refers to something considered unworthy of attention or beneath consideration

Vocabulary: Eerie - characterizes something strange and frightening, often creating an unsettling atmosphere

Vocabulary: Blasphemous - describes actions or words that show disrespect to sacred or religious elements

Highlight: The terms "barren" and "desolate" are particularly useful for creating atmospheric descriptions in creative writing, with barren focusing on physical emptiness and desolate emphasizing emotional emptiness.

Vocabulary: Labyrinthine - describes something complex and maze-like, often used to create a sense of confusion or complexity in descriptions

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Cool Words and Writing Tricks for Kids!

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Ruby Russell

@rubyrussell_dcaj

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A comprehensive guide to unusual vocabulary meanings for students and literary devices, focusing on descriptive language and examples of literary devices in writing that enhance storytelling and create atmospheric effects.

  • Explores complex vocabulary terms essential for advanced writing and reading comprehension
  • Details various literary devices including understanding pathetic fallacy in literature and their practical applications
  • Provides clear examples of how weather and environmental descriptions can enhance narrative mood
  • Demonstrates the effective use of sensory language and figurative devices in creative writing
  • Includes specialized terms for describing emotions, environments, and atmospheric conditions

22/04/2023

317

 

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WEARY
(feeling or showing
extreme tiredness from
excessive exertion.)
DISDAIN
(something unwo-
(thy Of consideration)
EERIE
(STRANGE &
FRIGH

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Page 2: Literary Devices and Stylistic Techniques

This section explores various literary devices that writers use to create powerful effects in their writing, focusing on techniques that enhance atmospheric description and emotional impact.

Definition: Pathetic fallacy is a literary device where weather or natural phenomena reflect characters' emotions or the story's mood

Example: "Thick grey clouds casting an eerie darkness" demonstrates pathetic fallacy by using weather to create a foreboding atmosphere

Highlight: Sibilance, demonstrated in "Shattered Streets Stumbled," uses repeated 's' sounds to create a sinister or mysterious effect

Definition: Zoomorphism involves attributing animal-like qualities to non-animal things, as in "the wind howled"

Example: Synesthesia in writing combines different sensory experiences, such as "scent of death and decay," mixing smell with abstract concepts

Highlight: The use of triple listings ("machines, devices, and contraptions") creates rhythm and emphasis in descriptive passages

WEARY
(feeling or showing
extreme tiredness from
excessive exertion.)
DISDAIN
(something unwo-
(thy Of consideration)
EERIE
(STRANGE &
FRIGH

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Page 1: Essential Vocabulary for Advanced Writing

This page presents a carefully curated collection of sophisticated vocabulary terms that enhance descriptive writing and reading comprehension. Each word has been selected to help students develop more nuanced expression in their writing.

Vocabulary: Weary - describes a state of extreme tiredness resulting from excessive exertion or strain

Example: The weary traveler collapsed into the chair after his long journey through the mountains.

Vocabulary: Disdain - refers to something considered unworthy of attention or beneath consideration

Vocabulary: Eerie - characterizes something strange and frightening, often creating an unsettling atmosphere

Vocabulary: Blasphemous - describes actions or words that show disrespect to sacred or religious elements

Highlight: The terms "barren" and "desolate" are particularly useful for creating atmospheric descriptions in creative writing, with barren focusing on physical emptiness and desolate emphasizing emotional emptiness.

Vocabulary: Labyrinthine - describes something complex and maze-like, often used to create a sense of confusion or complexity in descriptions

Can't find what you're looking for? Explore other subjects.

Knowunity is the #1 education app in five European countries

Knowunity has been named a featured story on Apple and has regularly topped the app store charts in the education category in Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Join Knowunity today and help millions of students around the world.

Ranked #1 Education App

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Google Play

Download in

App Store

Knowunity is the #1 education app in five European countries

4.9+

Average app rating

15 M

Pupils love Knowunity

#1

In education app charts in 12 countries

950 K+

Students have uploaded notes

Still not convinced? See what other students are saying...

iOS User

I love this app so much, I also use it daily. I recommend Knowunity to everyone!!! I went from a D to an A with it :D

Philip, iOS User

The app is very simple and well designed. So far I have always found everything I was looking for :D

Lena, iOS user

I love this app ❤️ I actually use it every time I study.