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Language - English
11th Grade
09/10/2013

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active voice
Definition
The voice used to idicate the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action .
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allegory
Definition
A story, poem or picture that can be interpeted to reveal a hidden meaning
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alliteration
Definition
The occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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allusion
Definition

an expression designed to call something  to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing refernce

 

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analogy
Definition
a comparrison between two things, typically on theb basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
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antagonist
Definition
a person who actively opposses or is hostile to someone or something; an advisery
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anti-climax
Definition
a disapointingend to an exciting or impressive or seris of events.
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antithesis
Definition
a person or thing that is direct or opposite of someone or something else.
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apostrophe
Definition
a pucntion  mark (') used to indicate either possesion or omission
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argumentative essay
Definition
used to address controversial issues
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anecdotal evidence
Definition
not necessarily true or reliable, based on personal accounts rather than facts
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archaic language
Definition
language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used.
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aside
Definition
a remark made by a character in a play intended to be the head by the audience but not by the other characters
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assonance
Definition
in poetry the repition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables.
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atmosphere
Definition
the air in any particular place
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audience
Definition
the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event.
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autobiography
Definition
an account of a persons life written by that person
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ballad
Definition
a poem or song narrating a story in a short stanza
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ballad stanza
Definition
a four line stanza in a iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming
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bias
Definition
predjuidice in favour or against one thing person, or group compared with another usually in a way considered to be unfair
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biography
Definition
an account of someones life written by someone else
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blank verse
Definition
verse without rhyme
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