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English fall final (junior)
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English
11th Grade
01/24/2012

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Term
S-T
Definition
Shift in Tense
present/past/future
Term
P
Definition
punctuation
underlining titles
Term
S-P
Definition
Shift in Person
first/second/third
Term
C
Definition
Capitalization
Term
R-O
Definition
Run On
when 2 stand alone sentences are improperly joined, in which u need to FANBOYS
Term
LOU
Definition
level of usage: contractions, pretentious language, crude language, etc
Term
S-V
Definition
Shift in Voice
active/passive voice
Term
Fragment
Definition
incomplete sentence/phrase
Term
S-#
Definition
shift in number: numbers shift
Term
appeal to logos
Definition
appeal to logic/facts/statistics
Term
appeal to ethos
Definition
appeal to credibility (as a speaker/writer/etc)
Term
appeal to pathos
Definition
appeal to emotion
Term
anecdote
Definition
story
Term
Antithesis
Definition
contrasting ideas in balanced/paralleled words/phrases
Term
asyndeton
Definition
omission of conjunctions
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polysyndeton
Definition
excessive use of conjunctions
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climax
Definition
point of greatest interest of story
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concession
Definition
recognizing and stating the validity of an opponent's argument
Term
figurative language
Definition
similes, metaphors, imagery, etc
Term
hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
Term
inversion
Definition
mix up word order in a sentence
Term
pre-empting
Definition
anticipating and invalidating opponent's argument
Term
understatement
Definition
opposite of exaggeration but on purpose
Term
epistolary novel
Definition
novel told through letters
Term
sympathetic character
Definition
character for whom readers feel pity for
Term
confettua complex
Definition
sexual attraction to inferior people
Term
3 types of irony
Definition
dramatic
verbal
situational
Term
inverted cliche
Definition
in which a cliche is inverted
Term
farse
Definition
outlandish/highly unrealistic event
Term
illogic
Definition
not logical
Term
stock character
Definition
represents stereotypes
1 dimmensional
Term
charged language
Definition
language that strikes an emotion or feeling
Term
paradox
Definition
a seemindly impossible contradiction that is essentially true
Term
theme
Definition
message/lesson the author sends about a particular topic
Term
apostrophe
Definition
addressing something/someone that cannot respond back
Term
refutation
Definition
refutes an argument (normally after a concession)
Term
iambic tetrameter
Definition
unstressed, stressed 4 times
Term
allusion
Definition
an unexplained reference to other works
Term
caesura
Definition
distince pause
Term
enjambment
Definition
line of poetry where the thought is completed in the next line
Term
rhyme scheme
Definition
pattern of rhyme in a poem marked by letters of the alphabet
Term
rhymed couplets
Definition
when last word of back to back lines rhyme
Term
trochaic tetrameter
Definition
stressed, unstressed 4 times
Term
exemplum
Definition
fable that includes a moral
Term
avarice
Definition
greed
Term
Victorian Works
Definition
(1833 - 1901)
My Last Duchess - Browning
Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
Term
Modern
Definition
(1901 - Present)
Shooting an Elephant - Orwell
Politics of the English Language - Orwell
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene
Term
Targets of Satire in Earnest
Definition
love and marriage
aesthetic movement
victorian morals/ethics/etc
the wealthy/aristocrats
Term
frame tale
Definition
story within a story
Term
Qualified Sentence
Definition
Completely Takign a side of an argument
Term
PDADS
Definition
Preview
Declarative
Assertive
(Debatable)
Specific
Term
Direct Characterization
Definition
Saying it directly
Term
Indirect characterization
Definition
actions
thoughts
emotions
appearance
other people's reactions
Term
Themes of Frankenstein
Definition
Love/Fear of Nature
Ambition/Dangerous Knowledge
Promethean
Good vs. Evil
Term
Aside
Definition
a character speaking to only one other character while other characters are present
Term
Blocking Figure
Definition
a character that blocks the relationship between 2 characters
Term
Coined Words
Definition
a made up word
Term
carpe diem
Definition
seize the day
Term
Satyagraha
Definition
Peaceful Resistance (Gandhi)
Term
Transubstantian
Definition
in which the bread and wine transform into the body and blood of Jesus
Term
Representation
Definition
in which the bread and wine represent the body and blood of Jesus
Term
Consubstantiation
Definition
in which the bread and wine you're eating literally IS the blood and body of Jesus
Term
themes of TEOTA
Definition
love
hate
jealousy
catholicism
Term
complacency
Definition
happy-go-lucky
Term
immoderate
Definition
excessive/extreme
Term
malice
Definition
hostility
Term
perpetrate
Definition
to execute
Term
efface
Definition
to rub away/erase/fade away
Term
precipitate
Definition
to cast out/send violently
Term
wreak
Definition
to inflict upon
Term
desponding
Definition
to be depressed by loss of hope, etc
Term
sublime
Definition
supreme/outstanding
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impetuous
Definition
sudden rash action
Term
dissipate
Definition
to scatter in different directions
Term
spurn
Definition
to reject/scorn
Term
clemency
Definition
act/deed showing mercy/leniency
Term
dormant
Definition
inactive,as if asleep
Term
famine
Definition
starvation
Term
flagrant
Definition
notorious/scandalous
Term
dominion
Definition
area of reign
Term
gesticulations
Definition
animated/excited
Term
squalid
Definition
foul/repulsive
Term
prevail
Definition
predominate
Term
tremulous
Definition
timid/fearful
Term
placid
Definition
pleasantly calm
Term
provocation
Definition
something that incites/angers/irritates
Term
loitered
Definition
to linger aimlessly
Term
profundity
Definition
profound/depth
Term
avert
Definition
turn away/aside
Term
prelude
Definition
something that precedes/introduces something
Term
The Canterbury Tales
Definition
Medieval
Geoffrey Chaucer
Term
To his Coy Mistress
Definition
Renaissance
Marvell (metaphysical)
Term
To the virgins...
Definition
Herrick (cavalier)
Term
Speech at Tilbury
Definition
Renaissance
Queen Elizabeth
Term
Althea from PRison
Definition
Renaissance
Lovelace (cavalier)
Term
Utopia
Definition
Renaissance
Sir Thomas Moore
Term
Speech to Parliament
Definition
Romantic
Lord Byron
Term
Frankenstein
Definition
Romantic
Mary Shelley
Term
Importance of Being Earnest
Definition
Victorian
Wilde
Term
My Last Duchess
Definition
Victorian
Browning
Term
Shooting an Elephant
Definition
Modern
Orwell
Term
Politics of the English Language
Definition
Modern
Orwell
Term
End of the Affair
Definition
Modern
Graham Greene
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