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9th grade first semester finals vocab
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Literature
9th Grade
01/14/2010

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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
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Assonance
Definition
the repetition of vowel sounds.
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Diction
Definition
A writers coice of words
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Figurative language
Definition
language that is based on imaginative comparisons and is not literally true.
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Free Verse
Definition
poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
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Hyperbole
Definition
a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion to create a comic effect.
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Idiom
Definition
an expression that means something different from the literal meaning of each word
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imagery
Definition
language that appeals to our senses
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Metaphor
Definition
A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes the other.
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Meter
Definition
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem.
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words that sound like what they mean.
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Personification
Definition
a kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something that is not human
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Prose
Definition
ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure.
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Rhyme scheme
Definition
a regular pattern of end rhyme
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Rhythm
Definition
a musical quality in language based on repetition.
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similie
Definition
a comparison between two unlike things that uses a word of comparison such as like, as, or resembles
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Sonnet
Definition
a poem with fourteen lines that follows a regular rhyme pattern and is usually written in iambic pentameter
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speaker
Definition
the voice talking to the reader in a poem
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stanza
Definition
a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit
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structure
Definition
the organization or arrangement of the parts of a poem
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Tone
Definition
a writers or speakers attitude toward a subject or toward an audience
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Verse
Definition
poetry
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end stopped lines
Definition
end where you normally pause in speech
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Enjambed/ run on
Definition
end a line where u would not normally pause in everyday speech
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Free Verse
Definition
use a combination of end stopped and enjambed lines
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concrete
Definition
arrange your lines in a way that creates a particular shape
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rhyme/rhythm
Definition
break lines based on a pattern of rhythm or rhyme using stressed and unstressed syllables.
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End rhyme
Definition
when the rhymes occur at the end of the line
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couplet
Definition
a type of end rhyme in which the end rhyme occurs in two consecutive lines of poetry.
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Internal rhyme
Definition
rhymes that occur within a line of poetry
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Slant rhymes
Definition
when poets fake it and use a word that almost works
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blank verse
Definition
unrhymed poetry consisting of ten syllables per line where every other syllable is stressed beginning with the second syllable of the line.
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Free Verse
Definition
Poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhyme and meter.
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iambic pantameter
Definition
meter with five stressed syllables or beats with a unstressed syllable followed by a unstressed syllable.
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concrete images
Definition
appeals to the senses (light sound smell taste touch) with vivid detail.
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Abstract images
Definition
refers to concepsts or ideas such as death justice beauty or emotions such as love rage or fear. they are vague and general.
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plot
Definition
the sequence of events in a story
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conflict
Definition
tension or problesms in a story
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internal conflict
Definition
a personal struggle the charecter has with their own mind
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external conflict
Definition
stuggles a charecter must deal with apart form themselves
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4 types of external conflict
Definition

Person vs person

Person vs society

Person vs nature

Person vs fate

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Exposition
Definition

introduces the charecters

provides necessary background info

establishes setting and mood

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Hook or inciting incident
Definition

where the main conflict is introduced

an event or series of events that beging the conflict

 

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Rising action or complications
Definition

a series of events that intensifies the conflict

problems that add to the main conflict

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Climax
Definition

where the outcome of the conflict becomes evident

a point of great emotional intensity

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Resolution
Definition
the part of the story when all the conflicts are resolved or closed
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Suspense
Definition
the tension the reader feels as conflicts and complications grow in a story
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foreshadowin
Definition
clues given in the story which may indicate the outcome of the plot
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Flashback
Definition
when the sequence of events in a story is interupted to go to an earlier period of time
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Round charecter
Definition

many traits

complex

can be analyzed

3D we know alot about them

realistic

know their feelings

know their attitudes

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Flat charecter
Definition

walk on

2D

not important to the action

doesnt affect the outcome

 

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static charecter
Definition

same actions, attitudes, values

behaviors all stay the same

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dynamic charecter
Definition

different

changed thinking, attitude, behavior and values

faces a life changing circumstance

experiences an epiphany or revelation

changses basic beliefe

undergoes personality change

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Foil
Definition
charecter in contrast with the main charecter
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1st person
Definition

uses the pronound I

view action through main charecters eyes

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3rd person limited
Definition

Follow around only one charecter

view limited to what is happening around the charecter

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Third person omniscient
Definition

can follow around more than one charecter

can see what is happening in more than one location

able to know thoughts and feelings of other charecters

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 3 setting elements
Definition

location

atmosphere- aspect of setting that influences emotional tone

Historical and social background

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Verbal irony
Definition
charecters say one thing but mean another
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Situational irony
Definition
everyone is suprised by outcome, both readers and others
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Dramatic
Definition
reader knows outcome but charecters are suprised
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