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Pre-AP Final Exam Study Guide
Vocabulary
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English
8th Grade
12/11/2008
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tangible
 Definition
definite; objective
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illiteracy
 Definition
inability to read or write
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obscure
 Definition
conceal or hide
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syndrome
 Definition
a number of symptoms
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introspective
 Definition
inward looking
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untermenschen
 Definition
lower class citizens
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lebenstaum
 Definition
additional living space for Germans
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aryan

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a non-Jew
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Hitlerjugend
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Hitler Youth
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mutprobe
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Test of Courage
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rapscallion
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a troublemaker
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chaste
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to be pure in thought
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consumption
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disease of the lungs
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betrothed
 Definition
to soon be married
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asylum

 Definition
an institution for the insane
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Mein Kampf
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 Hitler's plan for Nazi Germany
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Leaders of the Allies
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Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
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allusion
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a reference to an outside work
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alliteration
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repetition of the same sound
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personification
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giving inanimate objects human characteristics
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ellipse
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a pause indicated by ...
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similie
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comparing using like or as
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration
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onomatopoeia
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words that indicate sounds.. ex. buzz
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metaphor
 Definition
comparing two unlike things
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