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English Midterm PART TWO
c: woohoo for kathy ~ . and johnny ? c:
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English
8th Grade
01/16/2012

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metacognition
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"thinking about your thinking"
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omniscient
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all knowing
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fact
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is true
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fiction
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not true
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etymology
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history of a word, a words' origin
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connotation
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feelings associated with words
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denotation
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dictionary definition, literal meaning
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idiom
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figures of speech, expressions
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cliche
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tired overused expression (to be avoided)
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conundrum
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fun word puzzle
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analogy
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similarity in some respect between things otherwise unlike
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acronym
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a word formed from the initial letters of the words which it represents
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figurative language
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colorful language relying on imagery and symbol to convey meaning
"the umbrella of poetic terms and language"
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Poetry
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"Poetry is the best words in the best order." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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personification
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giving life like (human) characteristics to inanimate objects
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oxymoron
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figure of speech whereby two opposite ideas are used to describe one thing, jumbo shrimp
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hyperbole
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a very exaggerated statement
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onomatopoeia
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the imitation of natural sounds, words that sound like what they are - crackle, splash, crunch, sizzle
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simile
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a direct comparison that is introduced by the prepositions "like" or "as"
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metaphor
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an implied comparison between two seemingly unlike things. A metaphor simply states that one thing is something else.
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhymes in a poem
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couplet
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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sonnet
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a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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speaker
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the voice you hear in a poem
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allusion
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a reference to a person, place, event, literary work, which a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, pop- culture, or religion
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symbol
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Any object, person, place or action that has a meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself. A rose is often a symbol of love and beauty, a skull a symbol of death, spring and winter usually symbolize youth and old age.
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