English vocab week 12

on a grand scale; wasteful

• Lavish

• Portent

• Espouse

• kittens

a warning sign; omen

• Portent

• Tome

• Lax

• Imagery

large book

• Tome

• Speaker

• Espouse

• Imagery

support

• Advocate

• Tome

• Hone

• puppies

promote; take up; support

• Espouse

• Advocate

• Audience

• Lax

sharpen; increase; whet

• Hone

• Lavish

• Imagery

• Speaker

careless; not strict

• Lax

• Espouse

• Imagery

• Lavish

The person reading a text, listening to the speaker, or observing a performance

• Audience

• Speaker

• Tome

• Portent

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

• Imagery

• Audience

• Tome

• Lavish

the narrative voice of a poem that speaks of his or her situation or feelings. Remember that in poetry, the speaker is NOT the same as the author of the poem. You cannot assume that the feelings and ideas expressed in the poem are the author’s thoughts and feelings

• Speaker

• Lavish

• Lax

• fluffy bunnies