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Literature
12th Grade
05/05/2009

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Allegory
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the representation of abstract ideas or principles by character, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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Ambiguity
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something of doubtful meaning
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apostrophe
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a digression n the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as "O Death, where is thy sting?"
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Connotation
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The set of associations implied by a world in addition to its literal meaning. Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success.
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convention
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a widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting: the theatrical convention of the aside
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denotation
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the most specific or dorect meaning of a word, in contrast to its figuarative or associated meaning
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didactic
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inclined to teach or moralize excessively
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digression
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a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing
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epigram
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a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a wotty or ingenious turn of thought
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
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grotesque
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fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combiningincoruous humans and animal figures with scrolls, foilage, etc.
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hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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jargon
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language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in menaing
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literal
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true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual
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lyrical
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having the form and musical quality of a song, and esp. the thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry
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oxymoron
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a rhetorical figure in which incongruous of contradictiontory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist
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parable
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religous principle, or moral lesson
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parody
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to imitate ( a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire
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paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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personification
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the attribution of a personal nature or character ro inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure
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reliability
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that may be relied on; dependable in achievment, accuracy, honesty
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rhetorical question
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a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertionand not to elicit a reply
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soliloquy
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a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressinng a listener
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stereotype
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a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
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syllogism
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a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore I am mortal, the conclusion
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thesis
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in classical meterical analysis, Greeks referred to the stressed syllables in a meterical foot as a thesis
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alliteration
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repeating a consonant sound in close proximity to others, or beginning several words with the same vowel sound
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assonance
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the repition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllabels, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tiliting at windmills
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ballad meter
Definition
a four-line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four
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blank verse
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unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse
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dactly
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a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly
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end-stopped
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ending in a syntactic and rhythmic pause. used of a line of verse or couplet
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free verse
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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
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hexameter
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a line of verse consisting of six meterical feet
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heroic couplet
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a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in elevated style

 

aa,bb,cc

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iamb
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a meterical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or a short syllable followed by a long syllable, as in delay
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syntax
Definition
the pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language
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periodic sentence
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sentence in whic the main claue or its predicate is withheld until the end;

 

ex. Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safely.

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internal rhyme
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a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line or verse
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onomatopoeia
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the formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
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pentameter
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a line of verse consisting of five meterical feet
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rhyme royal
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a form of verse having stanzas with 7  lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc
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sonnet
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a poem, properly expressive of a single, comlete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of the certain definite schemes, being in strict or Italian form divided into major group of 8 lines (octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet
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stanza
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an arrangement of certain number lines, usally four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
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terza rima
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a verse form of Italian orgin consisting of tercets of 10 or 11 syllables with the middle line rhyming with the first and third lines of the followiung tercet
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tetrameter
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a line verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially one iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter in classical prosody
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antecedent
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a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, or phenomenon
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clause
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a group of words containing a subject and a predicatwe and forming part of a compound or complex sentence
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ellipsis
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the ommision of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understandiing
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imperative
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noting or pertaing to the mood of the verb used in commands, requests, etc., as in Listen! Go!
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modify
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(of a word, phrase, or clause) to stand in a syntactically subordinate relation to another (word, phrase or clause), usually with descriptive, limiting, or particularizing meaning; be a modifier. In a good man, good modifies man.
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parallel structure
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means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
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