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9th Grade English CP Midterm Vocabulary
Vocab. for the 1/26/11 Midterm English 9 CP.
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English
9th Grade
01/25/2011

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Palpable
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Capable of being touched
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Opaqueness
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Not letting light through
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Grotesque
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Odd; fantastic
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Solicitous
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Showing concern
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Affable
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Friendly; pleasent
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Palatial
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Magnificient like a palace
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Ennui
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Boredom
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Fervent
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Having or showing intense feeling
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Retribution
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Something given or done as a repayment or reward
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Emanated
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To come from; flow forth
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Impartial
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Showing no favoritism
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Tangible
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Capable of being touched or seen; real
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Inevitable
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Unavoidable
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Deplorable
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Regretable
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Venerable
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Deserving respect because of age and dignity
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Insolent
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Bold in a reckless way
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Craven
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Very fearful; cowardly
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Distraught
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Troubled; anxious
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Haggard
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Having a very exhausted appearence
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Rakishly
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Having a Carefree; dashing appearence
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Perceived
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To become aware of something
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Relentless
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Unyielding
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Imperious
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Domineering; arrogant
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Inscrutable
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Mysterious
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Derisive
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Mocking
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Lit. Term: Exposition
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provide some background and inform the readers about the plot, character, setting, and theme of the essay/story
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Lit. Term: Conflict
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the problem in any piece of literature and is often classified according to the nature of the protagonist or antagonist.
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Lit. Term: Plot
Definition
the events a story comprises, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, a sequence, through cause and effect, or by coincidence.
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Lit. Term: Verbal Irony
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Ironic statements
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Lit. Term: Dramatic Irony
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the author causes a character to speak out of ignorance of some portion of the truth.
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Lit. Term: Indirect Characterization
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the author develops the character through his actions, dialogue, thoughts, apprearance, or other characters reactions
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Lit. Term: Direct Characterization
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Describing the person or character; exactly as you see them
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Lit. Term: Point of View
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set of methods the author of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical story uses to convey the plot to the audience.
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Lit. Term: First Person Narration
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Story is relayed by a narrator
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Lit. Term: Omniscient Narrator
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Narrator has a full knowing of the story being told
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