Vocab Practice: Denouement

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on June 5, 2014.

Let’s do a practice round!

Denouement means:

A) The resolution of a plot
B) The beginning of a story
C) The turning point in a novel
D) The clues in a mystery

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Cool Word Challenge: Susurrus and Denouement

Cool Word Challenge-Susurrus-Denouement

Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Susurrus: A whispering or rustling sound.

Denouement: The resolution of the plot within a literary work such as a [Read more…]

A Dashed-Off Denouement!

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Mystery writer Agatha Christie is one of the best-selling novelists of all time.

The British author, who lived from 1890 to 1976, created memorable fictional characters such as Hercule Poirot, the mustachioed Belgian detective, and Miss Marple, an elderly lady with an excellent nose for solving crimes.

Known for her [Read more…]