Purple Hibiscus vocabulary (up to 88)

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Across
  1. 3. relating to things that are not regarded as spiritual, religious or sacred.
  2. 4. to walk in a slow and relaxed manner
  3. 7. controlled or restrained
  4. 8. a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event or other literary work which the reader is presumably familiar.
  5. 9. a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
  6. 11. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something
  7. 13. a person who supports the established customs and beliefs of his or her society or group, and does not want to change them
  8. 14. a flowering shrub in the same family as hollyhocks and cotton. It grows throughout the world in warm to temperate sub-tropical regions.
Down
  1. 1. to damage or show respect towards something holy or very much respected
  2. 2. the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
  3. 4. the state of being serious and dignified.
  4. 5. this refers to when an author places two contrasting ideas, characters, objects and settings side-by-side to highlight their differences
  5. 6. this is when the writer hints at future events in a story.
  6. 10. to order or command
  7. 12. an offensive term to describe a person who does not practice a ‘standard’ religion e.g. Christianity