Monkey’s Paw Vocabulary

Tendency to believe too readily.

• Peril

• Credulity

• Resignation

• Fate

Dull or ordinary

• Condole

• Resignation

• Grimace

• Prosaic

Something such as money that is received as payment.

• Compensation

• Peril

• Condole

• Grimace

Acceptance of something that is inescapable.

• Fate

• Credulity

• Resignation

• Prosaic

To express sympathy or sorrow for.

• Grimace

• Condole

• Peril

• Fate

A facial expression of pain or disgust.

• Grimace

• Compensation

• Resignation

• Fate

Power that is thought to determine the course of events.

• Prosaic

• Credulity

• Fate

• Peril

Something that is dangerous

• Condole

• Peril

• Prosaic

• Credulity

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Imagery

• Dialogue

Message about life that can be found throughout different cultures and in different time periods.

• Foreshadowing

• Infer

• Allusion

• Universal Theme