VOCABULARY

2. My grandfather offered a daily ________, a bit of wisdom to guide me.
4. the repetition of words at the beginning of successive sentences/poetic lines
10. His scathing, __________ critique was shocking.
11. The poet's _________ is scholarly, which creates a formal, academic tone.
13. the continuation of a phrase over multiple lines of a poem
15. an author's attitude toward a subject or audience
16. Just stick to the __________
19. The stock market is highly ________ right now; prices are on a roller coaster.
20. Opposite of beneficial
21. dangerous

1. avoid, reject
3. He wore the his grandfather's pocket watch everywhere. It was like a ___________, possessing a magic that infused him with confidence
4. to reduce (especially pain)
5. The surgeons offered the care _________; the boy who needed new ears wouldn't pay anything
6. person in a narrative who opposes the protagonist
7. the feeling a text creates in the reader
8. a poem of praise
9. truthful
12. a writer's call for for the reader to act in a certain way; usually end of speech/essay
14. the greatest work of a writer/composer/artist
17. The writer's _________ includes short, choppy sentences, which creates an urgent, dramatic tone.
18. This creates the rhythm in a poem.