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English Midterm
English Midterm
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English
9th Grade
01/07/2013

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Term
Accolade
Definition
An award
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Archaic
Definition
Ancient
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Adept
Definition
Highly skilled
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Trite
Definition
Overused and uninteresting
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Initiative
Definition
The ability to start something
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Commence
Definition
To begin
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Connotation
Definition
The suggested meaning of a word
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Catacylsm
Definition
A violent change
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Convene
Definition
To meet or come together formally
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Decomposition
Definition
The process of rotting or breaking down
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Denotation
Definition
The specific meaning of a word
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Dissuade
Definition
To discourage someone through persuasion
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Eulogy
Definition
A spoken or written tribute
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Foresee
Definition
To know in advance
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Galvanize
Definition
To spur to action
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Hypocritical
Definition
Saying one thing but doing the opposite
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Innocuous
Definition
Harmless
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Innovation
Definition
Something newly introduced or created
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Nemesis
Definition
An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
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Obstruction
Definition
Something that gets in the way
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Obtrusive
Definition
Unpleasantly; noticeable or bold
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Perceptive
Definition
Sensitive and aware
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Precocious
Definition
Showing early or advanced maturity
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Premonition
Definition
An advance warning
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Prevalent
Definition
Widely existing or practiced
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Procrastinate
Definition
To put off doing something
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Quixotic
Definition
Seeking unrealistic goals
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Ravenous
Definition
Very hungry
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Refute
Definition
To prove to be wrong
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Reputable
Definition
Trustworthy or honorable
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Substantiate
Definition
To support with evidence
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Anecdote
Definition
A very brief account of an incident.
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Antagonist
Definition
A main character who is often referred to as “the bad guy”. This character often opposes change.
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Autobiography
Definition
a personal account of life told by the author
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Biography
Definition
an account of a person's life written or told by another person
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Characterization
Definition
process of revelaing a character in a story
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Conflict
Definition
competitive or opposing action of incompatibles
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Flat Character
Definition
Has only one or two traits.
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FOIL
Definition
A character who is used to contrast another
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Foreshadowing
Definition
a clue or prediction that something evil will occur soon
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Formal Essay
Definition
serious, objective,and inpersonal in tone Its purpose is to inform, and should be supported by facts.
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Hyperbole
Definition
extreme exaggeration
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Imagery
Definition
language that appeals to all senses
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Metaphor
Definition
a comparison not using like or as
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Narrative
Definition
tells about a series of related events in chronological order
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Nonfiction
Definition
Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places.
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Objective
Definition
a type of tone where the opinion of the writer is not present
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Paraphrase
Definition
A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words,
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Paranthetical Documentation
Definition
in-text citations
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Personal Essay
Definition
reveals a great deal about a writer's personality and tastes conversational even humorous
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Personification
Definition
A kind of metaphor giving human qualities to nonhuman objects
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Persuasive
Definition
a form of writing that uses reason to try and lead a reader or listener to think or act a certain way
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Propaganda
Definition
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
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Protagonist
Definition
A main character often referred to as “the good guy”. This character works in opposition to the antagonist.
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Round Character
Definition
Like a real person with many different traits
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Satire
Definition
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, orthe like in exposing, denouncing, or deriding voice, folly, etc.
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Simili
Definition
A comparison using like or as
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Situational Irony
Definition
a contrast between what seems appropriate or what we expect and what really happens.
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Static Character
Definition
A character does not change much in the course of a story.
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Subjective
Definition
a type of tone where the opinion of the writer is present
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Symbol
Definition
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself
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Theme
Definition
The central idea or point of a story
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Thesis
Definition
statement of direction or focus in a work of literature that states the main point and provides focus or purpose for the essay
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Tone
Definition
Attitude writer takes towards the theme
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Verbal Irony
Definition
a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something different
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Works Cited
Definition
full bibliographic citations located at the end of the document
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