Vocab #3

Rapture (noun): A feeling of intense pleasure.
Source Sentence: "The wilderness seemed to draw her in. A haunted look, Rat said- partly terror, partly rapture" (100).
Context Clue: I looked into this word thinking that it would have a meaning that's rather negative than positive, because the context around the word included "haunted look" and "terror," but I was wrong. Instead, two very opposite words were used to describe this "haunted look," which I found a little peculiar and caught off guard.
Sentence: She felt undescribable rapture in painting as she discovered her love and passion for art.

Digressions (noun): A message that departs from the main subject.
Source Sentence: "The sound. You need to get a consistent sound, like slow or fast, funny or sad. All these digressions, they just screw up your story's sound. Stick to what happened" (102).
Context Clue: I distinguished the meaning of the word by re-reading the passage and breaking down each sentence to find a definiteion that will best fit well into the sentence. Digression is described as something that would mess up a story's tone, which is something that is a distraction from the main subject.
Sentence: Kilbourne's essay bounced from one topic to another, resulting with degressions which causes readers to lose focus and interest in her initial message that she was trying to percieve to her audience.

Impassive (adj.): Without emotion; calm; serene.
Source Sentence: "All this was said without drama, as if to herself, her voice slow and impassive. She was not trying to persuade...then she turned and moved back into the gloom" (106-107).
Context Clue: I had a general idea of what impassive meant, by noticing that it started off with "im-" meaning "not" passive. I then skimmed through the passage including the word; making sure to include all important sources in the 'source sentence' because I believe all of them contributed to find the meaning of the word. Her actions were described as very subtle, calm, and insensible. I used visionaries to try to understand the setting in this passage.
Sentence: The students' unenthusiastic and impassive expressions gave the teacher a very unassuring feeling.