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Vocab Words
Vocab Words for Intro. to Lit.
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Literature
9th Grade
02/09/2011

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Elegy or Dirge
Definition
Poem or lament for the dead; sometimes composed in elegiac couplets
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Lyric or Meditative Poem
Definition
A poem that explores an idea or image
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Mood Poem
Definition
A poem that creates an atmosphere
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Narrative poem
Definition
Tells a story about a person or an event
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Pastoral Poem
Definition
A poem dealing with shepherds, flocks, nature and love and such
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Speaker (voice)
Definition
The character saying the poem, not necessarily the poet
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Dialouge
Definition
Conversation between characters--In poetry, may not be placed in quotations
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Audience
Definition
The individual person (or type of person) for whom the poem was written
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Plot
Definition
A series of events or "storyline" .
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that make the same sound as their meaning; buzz, plop
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Connotation
Definition
The emotional quality of a word (house, home) (dog, canine)
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
Two words within the same line rhyme
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Ten syllables per line, alternating one stressed and one unstressed
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Meter
Definition
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in some poems
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Imagery
Definition
Words or phrases that create pictures, sounds, smells, etc. in the mind of the reader
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Rising action
Definition
A series of events that show the conflict building
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Climax
Definition
The turning point, or point of highest tension in the action of a poem
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Foreshadowing
Definition
A hint of what is to come.
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Dynamic Character
Definition
A character that changes
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Static Character
Definition
A character that stays the same
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to other sources: myth, art, literature, cultural icon or event
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Third Person
Definition
The speaker comments from outside the story
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Tone
Definition
attitude of the speaker toward the subject
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First Person
Definition
The "I" in the story presents the point of view of only one character
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
A contrast between what the reader knows and the character doesn't
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Situational Irony
Definition
A contrast between the unexpected and the expected
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Suspense
Definition
Anticipation or excitement of events to come in a plot
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Theme
Definition
An author's opinion about a central subject
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