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Kinavey 1st Final
Flashcards for Kinavey's Semester 1 Final
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English
11th Grade
01/21/2010

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nonfiction
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Prose writing that is about real people, places, and events.
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narrator
Definition
Person who relates the events.
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point of view
Definition
The narrative method used to present a prose selection.
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tone
Definition
The attitude expressed in the literature.
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description
Definition
Detailed impressions of people and events.
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setting
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Both time and place in a narrative.
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theme
Definition
Subject of discussion.
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style
Definition
The way that a play, poem, short story, novel, or nonfiction selection is written.
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lyric
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Any short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings.
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meter
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The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry.
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rhyme
Definition
The similarity of sound between two words.
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couplet and heroic couplet
Definition
A couplet is when two successive lines contain end rhymes, when the meter is iambic pentameter as well they are heroic couplets.
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structure
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Arrangement of a poem, divisions, progressions, stanzas.
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rhyme scheme
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The pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
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extended metaphor
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A metaphor continued into following sentences and stanzas.
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simile
Definition
comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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A comparison between two dissimilar things.
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rhetorical question
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Questions not intended to produce answers.
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autobiography
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Story of a persons life written by that person.
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persuasion
Definition
To sway readers or listeners in a particular direction.
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essay
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A brief nonfiction composition that offers an opinion on a subject.
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symbol
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A person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself.
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character motivation
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The moving forces behind a character's actions.
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irony
Definition
A contrast between appearance and reality.
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epistle/literary letter
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A formal letter.
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aphorism
Definition
A short statement expressing a truth or opinion about life.
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anaphora
Definition
The deliberate repetition of words, phrases, or sentences, often at the beginnings of successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.
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allusion
Definition
A reference to a work of literature or to a person, place, or event outside of literature with which a writer or speaker expects an audience to be familiar.
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analogy
Definition
a point-by-point comparison between two dissimilar things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar.
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parallelism
Definition
When a writer or speaker expresses ideas of equal worth with the same grammatical form.
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personification
Definition
A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, an animal, or an idea.
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fiction
Definition
Imaginative works of prose, including the novel and short story.
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folktale
Definition
Exhibits a kind of fairy-tale unreality and reveal a great deal about the culture in which they originated.
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mood
Definition
The feeling the literary work conveys to the reader.
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foreshadowing
Definition
Hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in a narrative.
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Gothic Literature
Definition
Fiction that uses strange, gloomy settings and mysterious, violent, and often supernatural events to create suspense and terror.
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short story
Definition
Created by Poe, a brief work of fiction intended to be read in one sitting focusing on one or two characters who face a single problem or conflict.
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suspense
Definition
A gripping sense of tension or excitement.
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imagery
Definition
Details that appeal to the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.
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ballad
Definition
A poem that tells a story, often a tragic one.
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alliteration
Definition
A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
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refrain
Definition
repetition in literature of one or more lines in regular intervals.
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allegory
Definition
a story in which people, things and actions represent an idea about life; allegories often have a strong moral or lesson
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morass
Definition
a swampy area
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termagant
Definition
scolding, quarrelsome old lady
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celibacy
Definition
not having marital relations
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quagmire
Definition
wet land
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impregnable
Definition
incapable of being breached
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eminent
Definition
well known
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propitiate
Definition
to regain the favor of, to win back
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prowess
Definition
high degree of skill
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usurer
Definition
lends money at interest
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parsimony
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stingy
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superfluous
Definition
excessive
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mendicant
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beggar
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brazen
Definition
something made of brass
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veracious
Definition
truth, honest
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stigma
Definition
label, mark (always negative)
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tremulous
Definition
trembling, shaking
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dotage
Definition
feebleness
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deferential
Definition
respectful
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transient
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fleeting
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writhe
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squirm
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cadence
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a set rhythm
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oppress
Definition
to hold down
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sullen
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moody
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heresy
Definition
a belief against accepted beliefs
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acrid
Definition
sharp, biting, stinging
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precipitate
Definition
cause something to happen
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minion
Definition
an underling
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conjecture
Definition
a guess
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diffuse
Definition
spreads
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Requirements of a poem
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*Some sort of rhythm, *A figurative level rather than simply literal
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