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English Sonnet test
Vocab on Unit 2
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12th Grade
02/13/2013

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Ruff
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Pleated, starched collar worn by both sexes that varied in size
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Farthingale
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a linen underskirt stretched over a thik iron wire that suppored a skirt or dress and gave it a bell shape
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madrigal
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a song usually sung without music; voices were used as musical instruments
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sonnet
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a fourteen line lyric poem with a single theme; understadning the forms, meter, rhyme, and other aspects of the sonnet
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sonnet sequence
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a group of hundred or so sonnets linked by theme, subject, or the person adressed
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Spenserian Sonnet
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has the following rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcdee
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Petrarchan sonnet
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"Italian" sonnet; has the rhyme scheme: abba abba cdecde
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sonnet cyle
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sequence of sonnets that can stand alone; put together to tell a story; series of sonnets that fit loosely together to form a story; popular in Elizabethan age
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Courtier
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one of the nobility; someone who is in the kings court; has a higher ranking
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pastorical poetry
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lyrics that celebrate the pleasures of a simple life in the country; Christopher Marlowe's "the passionate shepherd to his love" is an example of this.
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apostrophy
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to speak directly to someone in poetry
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quatrain
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four-line stanza
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couplet
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often a dramatic statement that resolves, restates, or redefines the central problem of the sonnet
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iambic foot
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unstresses and stressed
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paraphrase
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put into your own words what something means
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summerize
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figure out what is important and leave the rest out
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Shakespearean sonnet
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"English" sonnet;fourtneen lines with 5 iambic feet to each line; rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
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sermon
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a speech ofering religious or moral instructions
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parable
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a short, simple story from which a moral or religious lesson can be drawn
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Psalm
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a sacred song or lyric poem in praise of God
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metephor
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an implied comparison, in which a thing is described as if it were another kind of thing;  comparisons of unlike things
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analogy
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an extended comparison in which the relationship between 2 things is explained by comparing it with another relationship
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narrative
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a story telling a sequence pf events; tell a illustrating message
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deign
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condescend; lower oneself
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assay
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try
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devise
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work out or create; plan
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wan
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pale
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languished
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weakended; dull
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balm
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ointment or other thing that heals or soothes
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scope
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range of perception or understanding
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sullen
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gloomy; dismal
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chronicle
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historical record of events in chronological order
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prefiguring
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resembling and so suggesting before hand
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impediments
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obstacles
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alters
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changes
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confiscation
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act of seizing private property
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sloth
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laziness; idleness
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subsequently
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at a later time
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abrogated
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repealed; annulled
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forfeited
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gave up, as a penalty
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fraudulent
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characterized by deceit or trickery
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treachery
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betrayal of trust, faith, or allegiance
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stead
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position of a person as filled by a replacement
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righteousness
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the characteristic of acting in a just, virtuous manner
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stature
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height; level of achievement
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful
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entreated
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begged; pleaded with
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transgressed
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overstepped or broke (a law or commandment)
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syntax
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sentence structure
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