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HSLA Exam
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15
Language - English
10th Grade
01/11/2010

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Term
Assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds followed by differenct consonant sounds in words that are close together.

fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks.
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Blank Verse
Definition
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Fable
Definition
Brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, or a practical lesson about life.
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Figure of speech
Definition
word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another.
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Free Verse
Definition
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Line of poetry made up of five iambs.
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Irony
Definition
Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality.
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Situational Irony
Definition
What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate.
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Magic Realism.
Definition
Style of fiction in which fantasy and reality are casually combined.
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Parable
Definition
Brief story that teaches a lesson about life.
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Plot.
Definition
A series of related events that make up a story.
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Satire
Definition
Type of writer that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to reveal a weaknes.
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Soliloquy
Definition
Long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses private thoughts or feelings.
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Sonnet
Definition
14 line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter.
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Theme
Definition
The central idea or insight about human life revealed a work of literature.
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