No Promises in the Wind
By: Irene Hunt
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt – elected president in 1932, only president elected four times, helped to get the country out of the Depression also President during WWII.
2. Depression – New York Stock Market crashed; over ten million shares changed hands; “Blackest Day”; by November 13th $30,000,000,000 in capital was swept away; prices of grain, cotton dropped to an all time low; banks closed; stocks worth 10% by 1932 15,000,000 unemployed and industrial production was at 50%.
3. Bootlegging – to make, transport, or sell liquor illegally
4. Puny – weak; small in size
5. Fatigue – tired, weariness from labor
6. Improvident – thoughtless and wasteful
7. Improvise – to do on the spur of the moment, to make up as you go along
8. Complacent – self-satisfied
9. Indifferent-not caring; unbiased
10.Speakeasy – an illegal drinking place
11Oblivious – unaware, lacking attention to what’s going on
1 Decency – what is proper and in good taste morally
13Paltry – trivial, small
14Sallow – of a yellowish, sickly color
15Panhandling – stopping people on the street to ask for money
16Hobo – tramp, bum, loafer, homeless person
17Bayou – in Louisiana a minor stream, a marshy body of water
18Barker – a person who stands at the entrance of a show and tries to attract customers
19Gyp – to cheat, swindle
Cajun – in Louisiana a descendent from French speaking immigrants from Arcadia
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KNOW THESE TERMS FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM!!!
LITERARY TERMS - STUDENTS WERE GIVEN THIS LIST TO KEEP IN THEIR ENGLISH BINDER ALL YEAR
Connotation - the meaning beyond the dictionary meaning
Dialogue - conversation between two (2) or more characters
External conflict - the characters struggle against each other, nature, or society
Flashback - an interruption in the action of the story to show an event that happened earlier in
time
Hyperbole - an exaggeration statement to heighten effect
Irony - the contrast (opposite) betwwen what is expected, appreast to be, and what actually is
Metaphor - a comparison betwwen two (2) unlike things, NOT using "like" or "as"
Narration - the kind of writing or speaking that relates a story
Personification - giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
Plot - a series of related events in a story that brings about the resolution of some conflict
Simile - a direct compareison betwwen two (2) unlike things using "like" or "as"
Stereotype - a fixed, generalized idea about a character or situation
Theme - the author's intended message or underlying meaning in a literary work
Tone - the author's attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject or toward an audience
Anthology - a collection of stories, poems, and plays
characterization - the method an author uses to create a character
Denotation - the strict dictionary meaning of the word
Mood - the feeling in a literary work
Internal Conflict - the character struggles against some element of his own personality
Chronological Order - the arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred
Inference - a conclusion based on information from the text and from what we already know.
Traditional short story stresses plot
Modern short story emphasizes character