The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary 1-5

n. punishment for evil done

• edifice

• patriarch

• retribution

• truculency

n. building, especially a large and imposing one

• archives

• ignominy

• exhorted

• edifice

n. historical records

• archives

• patriarch

• retribution

• truculency

n. person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, or business

• torpor

• patriarch

• vicissitude

• archives

n. rudeness; harshness

• retribution

• exhorted

• edifice

• truculency

Bonus: The mood or feeling of a work of literature that is created by details of setting or action.

• Symbolism

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

• Atmosphere