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11th Grade
02/09/2009

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Active Voice

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In a sentence in the active, ther person or the thing that performed the action is the subject of the verb. 

 

eg. I wrote the letter.

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Allegory

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a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,”

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Allusion

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The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion.

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Analogy

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 Similarity or comparability

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Antagonist

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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another

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Anti-Climax

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an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected.

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Antithesis

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opposition, contrast:

 

the antithesis of right and wrong.

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Apostrophe

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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea,

 

 

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 Anecdotal

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pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz.

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Archaic

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commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth.

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Aside

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on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.

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Assonance

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resemblance of sounds

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Atmosphere

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a surrounding or pervading mood, environment or influence

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Audience

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a group of spectators at a public event

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Autobiography

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a history of a person's life written or told by that person

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 Ballad

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any light, simple song, one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody

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Bias

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to cause partiality or favoritism in a person. influence, unfairly

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Biography

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a written account of another person's life

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Blank Verse

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verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter

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