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English: Unit 2 Part 1 Terms
English: Unit 2 Part 1 Terms
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12th Grade
10/09/2016

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Deign
Definition
Condescend; lower oneself
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Assay
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Try
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Devise
Definition
Work out or create; plan
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Wan
Definition
Sickly; pale
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Languished
Definition
Weakened; dulled
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Balm
Definition
Ointment or other thing that heals or soothes
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Scope
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Range of perception or understanding
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Sullen
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Gloomy; dismal
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Chronicle
Definition
Historical record of events in chronological order
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Prefiguring
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Resembling and so suggesting beforehand
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Impediments
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Obstacles
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Alters
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Changes
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Sonnet
Definition
14 line lyric poem with a single theme
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Petrarchan Sonnet
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8-line octave with abba abba rhyme scheme; followed by a 6-line sestet with cdecde rhyme scheme
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Spenserian Sonnet
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Rhymes abab bcbc cdcdee
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Sonnet Sequence
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Sonnets linked by a theme or person addressed
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Pastoral poems
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Lyrics that celebrate the pleasures of simple life in the country. Nature imagery.
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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14-lines; 5 imambic feet to a line. abab cdcd efefgg rhyme scheme
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Quatrains
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4-line stanzas
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Couplet
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2 line rhyme
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Syntax
Definition
Sentence structure
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