adj.

carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please

verb

to expose untruths or exaggerated claims

adj.

habitually late

adj.

strongly disinclined

n.

a small, moderate, or token amt.

v.

to damage or disfigure

v.

to make something better; to improve

n.

a false notion; an illogical argument

v.

to grow or increase rapidly

v.

to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

adj.

predictable; trite; drearily commonplace

v.

to sway from one side to another side; to oscillate

adj.

extremely wicked; villainous

adj.

irrelevantl; inessential

v.

to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

adj.

submissive to instruction; willing to be taught

adj.

impulsive and passionate

adj. (/n.)

inducing sleep

adj.

plausible or believable but actually false

v.

to make greater in size or quanitity, to supplement

adj.

insulting in manner or speech

adj.

stubbornly attached to an opinion; difficult

adj.

plentiful; having a large quantity

v.

to misrepresent or disguise

adj.

brilliant

recognition of a reality that is different from its opposite

1. verbal: say something that means the opposite

2. dramatic: audience aware of something that characters are not

3. situational: something happens that is the opposite of what's expected

form of extended metaphor/symbolism

(characters represent something larger than themselves--like a moral message)

1. flat: 1-d; one kind of personality trait

1. round: complex

2. dynamic: changes over time

2. static: never changes (views)

3. Stock: conventional/stereotypical