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Unit 4 Test
Vocabulary from Unit 4
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English
12th Grade
03/04/2013

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Thesis
Definition
Main idea.
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Simile
Definition
A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things.
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as."
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Ode
Definition
A poem that written to glorify an object or a thing.
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Apostrophe
Definition
Addressing an absent person or a personified animal, an inanimate object, or an idea.
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Ballad
Definition
Narrative song a bout a single event.
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Romantic
Definition
Poet who focus on nature, the individual, and the human heart.
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Gothic
Definition
Gloomy story.
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Epic
Definition
Long narrative poem.
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech.
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Enjambment
Definition
The continuation of a sentence in a poem from one line to the next.
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Onomatopoiea
Definition
The use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to.
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Irony
Definition
When reality isn't the same with the hope.
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Vindication
Definition
Justification, defense.
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