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| the overall effect created by a writer's attitude, choice of words, or sentence structure |
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| the predominant emotion in a literary work (how the reader feels) |
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| The predominant environment or emotional feeling associated with a specific place or time |
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| The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature |
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| A scene that interrupts the chronological events of a work to show a previous episode |
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gloomily, showing ill humor
Synonyms: desperately; gloomily; depressingly
Antonyms: blissfully |
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contemplation or reflection
Synonyms: contemplating; reflecting
Antonyms: thoughtless; unreflecting |
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a feeling of impending evil or misfortune
Synonyms: threatening; ominous
Antonyms: optimistic; harmless |
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displaying a lack of caution
Synonyms: carelessly; unsensibly
Antonyms: carefully; sensibly; warily |
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to display a calm acceptance of fact; to accept as inevitable
Synonyms: accepting; reconciled
Antonyms: assertive; unaccepting |
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to make right; to correct a mistake
Synonyms: correct
Antonyms: unrectify |
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