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Midterm Exam Vocab
all other vocab that's not from Frankenstein
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English
11th Grade
12/14/2011
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alliteration
 Definition
repetition of a consonant
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caesura
 Definition
a purposeful break in a line
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synecdoche
 Definition
when a whole represents a part or vise versa
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allusion
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an indirect reference
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metaphor
 Definition
a comparison
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kenning
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two word metaphor
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foreshadowing
 Definition
a hint towards the future
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epic
 Definition
a long narrative poem
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heroic ideal
 Definition
the aspects of a hero that represents the values of a culture
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simile
 Definition
a comparison using like or as
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mead
 Definition
liquor made from fermenting honey and water
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hapless
 Definition
unlucky
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wassail
 Definition
a toast in drinking a person's health, or a celebration at which such toasts are made
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liege
 Definition
lord, soverign
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fain
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archaic word meaning eager
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bide
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wait
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rim-covered
 Definition
covered with frost
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byrny-clad
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dressed in a coast of chain-mail armor
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repiration
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somethhing making up for a wrong or an injury
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solace
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comfort, relief
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purge
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purify, cleanse
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writhing
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making twisting/turning methods
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massive
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big and solid, bulky
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loathsome
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disgusting
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atmosphere
 Definition
genuine feeling created in the reader
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diction
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author's word choice
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juxtaposition
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two things or ideas are placed side by side in comparison to each othe
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lyric
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having the form or musical quality of a song
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mood
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prevailing emotional tone or feeling of a text
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scop
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reciter of an epic
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assonance
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repetition of a vowel sound
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taut
 Definition
pulled tight
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chaste
 Definition
morally pure, modest
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pyre
 Definition
burning of corpse, funeral rite
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synod
 Definition
council of church officials
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shroud
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cloth used to wrap a body for burial
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infamous
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notorious (has a negative connotation to it)
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sinews
 Definition
tendons or muscles
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prow
 Definition
forward part of a ship
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hilt
 Definition
handle of a weapon
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scabbard
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sheath for a sword
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compassionate
 Definition
sympathizing, pitying
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grievous
 Definition
causing sorrow, hard to bear
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rapture
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joy, great pleasure
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redress
 Definition
compensation, as for a wrong
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winsomeness
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charm, delightfulness
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admonish
 Definition
advise, concern
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sentinel
 Definition
person or animal that guards
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fervent
 Definition
having or showing great warmth of feeling
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rancor
 Definition
ill will
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