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Vocabulary Words 6/8/2010
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11th Grade
06/07/2010

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Caesura
Definition
A pause seperating line in a poem.
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Atmosphere
Definition
Mood or feelings inspired by work.
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Aside
Definition
Character of play who speaks to audience but is not heard by other characters on play. (malcolm in the middle)
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Apostrophe
Definition
Addressign an abstraction that is not there ("oh, death, be not proud", death is not literally a character.)
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Apologue
Definition
Another word for a moral fable. (Tortoise and the Hare.)
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Ambiance
Definition
Mood "air" created by a particular event in a story.
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Alliteration
Definition
Cluster of words in which sound the same/similar/ repetitive consonant sounds ('big buckets of big blue berries.")
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aLLegory
Definition
Story that can be read on two levels/ have a double meaning.
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AB OVO
Definition
Beginning of the story/ plot.
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Denotation
Definition
Strict dictionary term for a word in particular.
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Foot
Definition
Basic unit of meter consiting of strong/light stresses.
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Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Definition
Set aside your knowledge of reality in order to enjoy a fictionalwork.
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What kind of morpheme?

-Birdseye

-Flower

-Liscence

-Posture

-Regurgitate

Definition

- free

-1 free, 1 bound

-2 bound

-1 free, 1 bound

-1 free, 4 bound.

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A deuteragonist (or anyone) who strives for perfection.
Definition
arete. (robin hood)
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Deuteragonist
Definition
Robin Hood is a classic... secondary to protagonist.
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Characternym
Definition
Names that have a meaning to the character, such as Dudley Dooright, Ebaneezer Scrooge.
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Verisimilitude
Definition
The notion that whatever one reads is "real", even fictional works.
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Tone
Definition
Cnoveying Mood/ Attitude in work.
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Theme
Definition
Central Idea of story.
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Symbolism
Definition
Terms that go beyond the literary level, such as a cross, nautical star, etc.
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Subplot
Definition
Plot that branches from Main Plot. Shrek has to rescue princess, but donkey has an ongoing love/hate affair with dragon aftrwards.
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Spoonerism
Definition
Mixing up a few letters of words or words in general to create a comical air. Example:A queer old dean, a Dear old queen.
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Didactic Literature
Definition
Literature that is preachy. Like the bible.
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A posteriori
Definition
Something that can be determined through general observation. OBSERVATION. LONGER WORD.
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Apriori
Definition
If something can nly be observed through logic and fact. LOGIC. SHORTER WORD.
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Analogue
Definition
Story that contains similarities to another story, "spinoffs".
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Free Variation
Definition
Sound substitiution, that does not affect meaning. Ex: Toe-MAY-toe, Toe-MAH-toe.
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Meter
Definition
Recognizes through STRESSED/UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
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Pooh-Pooh Theory
Definition
The theory in which states people communicated through emotional outbursts/Exclamation.
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Polysendention
Definition
Believing things that don't exist, Santa Claus, etc.
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Contrapassio
Definition
Punishment fits the crime exactly.
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Pulp Fiction
Definition
Book made cheap and ready for the general public, often fictional. Example: Twilight. Apparently unimpressive, as well.
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Denouement
Definition
French word meanig "unknotting", the aftermath/solution occring final stages of plot. NOT THE ENDING OF STORY.
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Cultural Symbol
Definition
Symbol widely known.
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Contextual Symbol
Definition
Symbol known to a specific book or work of literature, unique.
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Consonance
Definition
Final consonants of strssed syllables match eachother but vowels differs.
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Composite monster
Definition
Mythical Creature with body parts of various animals.
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Comic Relief
Definition
A humorous scene after a serious event occured.
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Climax
Definition
The crisis reaches its greatest intensity.
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Carpe Diem
Definition
Seize the day.
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Box Set.
Definition
3 walled room meant for stage props.
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Bow Wow Theory
Definition
Humans imitating Animal Sounds
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Blank Verse
Definition
Unrytmed iambic Pentameter
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Bathos
Definition
When a writer tries too hard to be serious and contemplative and ends up sounding stupid. Ex; siddhartha.
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Assonance
Definition
Repetitive same/ similar vowel sounds.
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Anti-Hero
Definition
When a protagnist does not necessarily fit the description of a hero.
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Anachronism
Definition
A person or object that is put int he wrong time fram.
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Anecdote
Definition
A funny, often biographical story. Short and amusing.
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Ambiguity
Definition
Negative term meaning too vague.
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Allusion
Definition
Story that references something bigger than peice of ltierature, such as god, the bible, etc.
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Aidos
Definition
The shame a hero feels after a failure.
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Additive Monster
Definition
A monster with multiples of body parts, two head, six tails, etc.
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Abstract Diction

Abstract Imagery

 

Definition
-Calling something Pleasant, observation that you cant observe with te five senses.
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Deus Ex Machina
Definition
Unrealistic/Unexpected escape of a deathly/grave sitation.
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Diction
Definition
Author word choice/ style when writing.
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Ding Dong theory
Definition
Theory that staTES HUMANS REACT TO STIMULI. ow.
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Dystopia
Definition
Opposite of utopia, the worst parrallel universe imaginable. the world sucks worse than our reality.
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Dramatic Monologue
Definition
Poetic speaker addresses reader/ internal listener
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Enjambement
Definition
A line without a break or pause, opposite of caesura.
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Epic
Definition
Dramatic Poem that is super fucking long and doesnt necessarily rythme, oddysey.
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Epiphany
Definition
Sygnifying God's presence in the World.
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Euphemism
Definition
Replacing a rude or embarassing comment with a mild phrase.
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Exposition
Definition
Author explains background in beginning of story.
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FARCE
Definition
silly situational low comedy, exaggerated caricatures
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Flashback
Definition
present tense is interrupted by a short memory useful for plot.
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FOIL
Definition
characters that are contrasted to make one another look better/worse
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Foreshadowing
Definition
hinting/indicating what will happen during the story.
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Free Narrative
Definition
Inserting small stories into a larger story.
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Fucntion Word
Definition
Articles, prepositions, conjunctions.
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Genre
Definition
Type/ Style of work.
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Horation Satire
Definition
Satire in which jokes something in a light, sarcastic way, not vicious. Maintains a playful tone.
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Juvenalien Satire
Definition
Vicious, Invective humor meant to insult.
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Invective
Definition
speech that attacks and insults a person
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Verbal Irony
Definition
when someone says one thing but means another, sarcasm.
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
situation is fully known to audience but not characters
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Machiavillian
Definition
sneaky, ruthless, decietful behavior.
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Malapropism
Definition
Intentionally using differnt words/ misusing words that sound simliar to engender comic relief.
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1. Marked Word

2. Unmarked Word.

Definition

1. Stallion

2. Horse.

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Meiosis
Definition
an understatement
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Frankenstein Motiff
Definition
Creation turns on it's creator.
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loathly lady motiff
Definition
When ugly old hag turns into a beaitful woman on certain terms and conditions
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Faustian Bargain Motiff
Definition
Selling your soul to the devil
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Nostos
Definition
homecoming from war or long voyages, ender's game.
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The World Motiff
Definition
suggsted that there is a parallel universe completely opposite of our, whether utopia or dystopia.
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Novel of manners
Definition
Book that describes sociological aspects of human beings.
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onomatopoeia
Definition
BING BAMP BOOOP POP ZIP.
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Oxymoron
Definition
Two word put together that mean the complete opposite of eachother.
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Ode
Definition
An elaborate poem over a serious manner.
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Pathos
Definition
writer's attempt to inspire emotion.
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parody
Definition
a comical work meant to mimick or mock a serious event in a funny exaggerating way. south park.
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Personification
Definition
Giving inanimate objects human characteristics/
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Prosopopeia
Definition
Giving inanimate objects the ability to speak.
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Soliliquoy
Definition
A dramatic monologue of the characters inner thoughts that wouldnt otherwise be heard otloud.
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