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enlish I exam sem 1
mrs Schmitt
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English
9th Grade
12/18/2008

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palpable
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able to be touch
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bizarre
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odd in appearence
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naÏve
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unsophisticated
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blandly
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in a maild and soothing manner
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scruples
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misgivings abouts something one feels is wrong
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futile
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hopeless
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insolent
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boldly disrespectectful
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haggard
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having a worn look, as from sleepness
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rakishly
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wwith a trim, casual look; dashingly
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insinuatingly
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suggesting indirectly
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derisive
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showing contempt or ridicule
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improvised
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put together spontaneously
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imposed
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put to some trouble
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laden
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burdened
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ingeniously
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very clever
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encompassed

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surrounded

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creed
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statement of believe
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hamlet
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small village
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complied
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carried out or fulfilled a request
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manhandle
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treated roughly

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determination
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firm intention
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exalted
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lefted up

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oppression
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keeping others down by the unjust use of power
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oasis
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fertile plce in the desert
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endurance
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ability to withstand hardships and continue on
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vile
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wicked, evil
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pandemonium
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wild disorder, noise, or confusion
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acclaimed
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greeted with loud applause or approval
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prodigy
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person who is amazingly talented or intelligent
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pungent
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producing a sharp sensation of smell
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reverie
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dreamy thoughts of pleasent things
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intuition
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knowledge of something without reasoning
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demure
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shy, modest
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part II Literary term
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name a story that had mood

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primary feeling the reader experence

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"cast of amontillado" contributes to an eerie fearful mood

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name a story with discription

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a portrait painted in words, contribute to the mood

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"cast of Amontillado" the author discribes the catacomb very well
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name a story with suspence

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a reader's feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even anxiety about the outcome of events in a story

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The "Most dangerous Game" gives suspense when he's hiding from the hunter in the woods
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name a story with conflect

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struggle between opposing forces; a character can be set against another character, a character against nature, or a character against himself or herself

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"Casey at the Bat" the main character's team is against the away team
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define climax
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biggest moment of a story
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anticlimax
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unexpected turn of events; it is a letdown
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define narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story

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like casey at the bat

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define summary
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states a passage's min points and details in one's own words; contains beginning, middle, and an end
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imagery
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use your five senses to create an image in the reader's minds
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author's purpose
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an author may certain, persuade, or inform the reader
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fable
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a brief story that teaches a lesson, or moral which may or may not be directly stated
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define figurative language
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lnaguage that means more than it says, literally
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define metaphor
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figure of speech; a comparison is implied between two things
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define simile
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compares two things using like and as
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define personification
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nonhuman object is given human traits
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define protagonist
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main character in a literary work
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define third-person narrator

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limited point of view

 

omniscient point-of-view

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define flat character
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one trait of acharacter is highlighted

 

ex. Walte's wife

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define round character
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many traits of the character are shown

 

ex.Walter

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define irony
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the cotrast between an acual out come and what the reader or character expect
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define verbal
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words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
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define situational
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directly contradicts the expectations of a character, the reader, or the audience
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define dramatic
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difference between what a character thinks and te reader/audience knows to be true
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