Week 1 & 2 Vocab

Definition: A person presented in a fictional work, one fitting a type and fulfilling a function

• character

• narrator

• absolute

• stock

Root a/an

• on

• not, without

• far

• to, toward

Definition: away, not present

• acrobat

• afire

• abyss

• absent

Definition: a word free from limitations or qualifications

• static

• caesura

• ballad

• absolute

Definition: to humiliate, degrade

• absent

• dactyl

• abase

• balk

Definition: a character that does not change throughout the work, and the reader's knowledege of that character does not grow.

• static character

• dynamic character

• flat character

• stock character

Root: A

• on

• to

• top

• off

definition: to increase the speed of

• abase

• acrobat

• absent

• accelerate

Definition: a song-like poem that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure or romance.

• caesura

• ballad

• elegy

• absolute

Definition: to stop, block abruptly

• balk

• abase

• daunt

• flat