Thursday, October 1, 2009

Killing Mr. Griffin Vocabulary

1. Inference- The act of drawing a conclusion that is not stated.

2. Allusion- whenever a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that he expects the reader will recognize

3. Flashback- a scene that interupts the ongoing action in a story an even that happened earlier.

4. Rite of Passage- the young adult must undergo some ritual or test to become an adult

5. Foil- a character whose qualitiesor actions usually serve to emphasize the actions or qualities of the main character, the protangonist, by providing a strong contrast. on occasion the foil is used as a contrast to a character other than the main one.

6. Forensics- the study of evidence discovered at a crime scence and used in a court of law.

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