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Mrs. Cooks 3rd Period AP Class
491
English
11th Grade
09/14/2008
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Term
agog
 Definition
leader
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alter
 Definition
other
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aero
 Definition
wind, air
Term
ambul
 Definition
walk
Term
ambi
 Definition
both
Term
amphi
 Definition
both
Term
ana
 Definition
toward, again
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ampl
 Definition
large, wide
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a, an
 Definition
not, without
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amor
 Definition
love
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anthro
 Definition
human
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act, ag
 Definition
impel
Term
api
 Definition
bee
Term
alb
 Definition
white
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ann
 Definition
year
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ad
 Definition
before
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anti
 Definition
against
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auto
 Definition
self
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ami
 Definition
friend
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bibli
 Definition
book
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ab
 Definition
away, away from
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avi
 Definition

bird
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arch
 Definition
ancient, chief
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ante
 Definition
before
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bio
 Definition
life
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andr
 Definition
man
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aqua
 Definition
water
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athl
 Definition
prize
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anima
 Definition
breathe, mind
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bib
 Definition
drink
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angel
 Definition
messenger
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analogy
 Definition
a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike
Term
aud
 Definition
hear
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bas
 Definition
low
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alt
 Definition
high
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bol
 Definition
throw
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bell
 Definition
war
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bon
 Definition
good
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alliteration
 Definition
repetition of initial sounds
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caco
 Definition
harsh
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bi
 Definition
two
Term
anaphora
 Definition
repetition of words at the beginning of a successive clause
Term
allegory
 Definition
story with both a literal and symbolic meaning
Term
bat
 Definition
beat
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astr, aster
 Definition
star
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bene
 Definition
good
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antithesis
 Definition
contrast or opposition
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apo
 Definition
away
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brev
 Definition
short
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cal
 Definition
heat, warm
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allusion
 Definition
implied or inderect reference (Biblical, Literary, Historical, Mythological, the Arts)
Term
cam
 Definition
flesh
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can
 Definition
dog
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can
 Definition
light
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cant
 Definition
sing
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cap
 Definition
head
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capt
 Definition
seize
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card
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
flesh
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cata
 Definition
away
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cau
 Definition
burn
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cav
 Definition
hollow
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celer
 Definition
speed
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cen
 Definition
assess, judge
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cent
 Definition
hundred
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cerv
 Definition
neck
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chiro
 Definition
hand
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chrom
 Definition
color
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chron
 Definition
time
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cide
 Definition
kill
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cine
 Definition
movement
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circum
 Definition
around
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cis
 Definition
cut
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civ
 Definition
citizen
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clam
 Definition
shout
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clin
 Definition
lean
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clos
 Definition
shut
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cog
 Definition
know
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col, com, con
 Definition
with, together
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contra
 Definition
against
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cor
 Definition
heart
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apostrophe
 Definition
someone or something which is absent is addressed as if present
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assonance
 Definition
repetition of vowel sounds in 2+ words
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asyndeton
 Definition
purposeful omission of conjunctions
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ballad
 Definition
narrative poem, quatrain, usually ABCB
Term
corp
 Definition
body
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cosm
 Definition
world, order
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counter
 Definition
against
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crac
 Definition
power
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crat
 Definition
rule
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cred, creed
 Definition
belief
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crit
 Definition
distinguish
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cruc, crux
 Definition
cross
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cry
 Definition
cold
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crypt
 Definition
hide
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culp
 Definition
blame
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cult
 Definition
care
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cum
 Definition
heap, add
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cur
 Definition
run, course
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cut
 Definition
skin
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cycle
 Definition
wheel, circle
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dactyl
 Definition
finger, toe
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dat
 Definition
give
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de
 Definition
off
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dec
 Definition
ten
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dei
 Definition
god
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dem
 Definition
people
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dend
 Definition
tree
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derm
 Definition
skin
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dext
 Definition
right
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di
 Definition
day
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dia
 Definition
across
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dict
 Definition
say, tell
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dif
 Definition
not
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dig
 Definition
worth
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dis
 Definition
opposite
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disci
 Definition
learn
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dit
 Definition
give
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doc
 Definition
teach
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dol
 Definition
suffer
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dom
 Definition
master
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dont, dent
 Definition
teeth
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don
 Definition
give
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dorm
 Definition
sleep
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dos
 Definition
give
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dox
 Definition
teach, belief
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duc
 Definition
draw, lead
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duo
 Definition
two
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dup
 Definition
two
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dur
 Definition
hard
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dyn
 Definition
power
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dys
 Definition
ill, bad
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eco
 Definition
house
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edif
 Definition
build
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ego
 Definition
self
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em, en
 Definition
in
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endo
 Definition
within
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epi
 Definition
outer
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equi
 Definition
horse
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equ
 Definition
same
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erg
 Definition
work
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erec
 Definition
upright
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err
 Definition
wander
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esth
 Definition
feeling
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ethn
 Definition
race, nation
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etym
 Definition
truth
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eu
 Definition
good
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ex
 Definition
former, outside
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extra
 Definition
beyond
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fac
 Definition
make, do
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fel
 Definition
happy
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fal
 Definition
deceive
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feli
 Definition
cat
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fem
 Definition
woman
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fen
 Definition
strike
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fer
 Definition
yield, bear
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fid
 Definition
trust
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fin
 Definition
end
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firm
 Definition
strength
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fix
 Definition
fasten
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flagr
 Definition
burn
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flect, flex
 Definition
bend
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flu
 Definition
flow
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for
 Definition
against
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form
 Definition
shape
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fort
 Definition
luck
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fort
 Definition
strong
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forth
 Definition
onward
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frac, frag
 Definition
break
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frat
 Definition
brother
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fug
 Definition
flee
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fum
 Definition
smoke
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fus
 Definition
pour
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gam
 Definition
marriage
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gat
 Definition
incite, question
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gen
 Definition
kind, race
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geo
 Definition
earth
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ges
 Definition
carry
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glos, glot
 Definition
speech
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gno
 Definition
know
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grad, gres
 Definition
step
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gram
 Definition
write
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gran
 Definition
seed
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grat
 Definition
please
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grand
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large
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graph
 Definition
write
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grav, griev
 Definition
heavy
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greg
 Definition
flock
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gyn
 Definition
woman
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gyr
 Definition
circle, ring
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hab
 Definition
clothe
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heli
 Definition
sun
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hem
 Definition
blood
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hemi
 Definition
half
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hept
 Definition
seven
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herb
 Definition
plant
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hetero
 Definition
different
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hex
 Definition
six
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homo
 Definition
same
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hor
 Definition
dread
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host
 Definition
welcome
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hum
 Definition
water
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hydr
 Definition
water
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bildungsroman
 Definition
coming-of-age novel
Term
blank verse
 Definition
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Term
climax (crisis)
 Definition
turning point of a story
Term
conceit
 Definition
an elaborate metaphor comparing two startling different things
Term
conflict
 Definition
struggle between opposing forces
Term
consonance
 Definition
repetition of consonant sounds within or the end of words
Term
denotation
 Definition
the literal, dictionary meaning of a word
Term
denouement
 Definition
"unknotting"- final stage of a story
Term
dialect
 Definition
a way of speaking characteristics of a certain group or area
Term
diction
 Definition
a writers choice of words
Term
elegy
 Definition
a poem of mourning
Term
ellipsis
 Definition
deliberate omission of words
Term
epithet
 Definition
descriptive word or phrase
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epiphany
 Definition
sudden flash of recognition
Term
farce
 Definition
comedy with ridiculous characters in silly situations
Term
figurative language
 Definition
simile, metaphor, and personification
Term
flashback
 Definition
a scene that interupts the normal sequences and goes back in time
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foil
 Definition
two contrasting characters
Term
hypn
 Definition
sleep
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hypo
 Definition
under
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iatr
 Definition
heal,cure
Term
icon
 Definition
likeness
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ido
 Definition
shape
Term
ign
 Definition
burn
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im, in, il, ir
 Definition
in
Term
infra
 Definition
below
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra(o)
 Definition
within
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is, iso
 Definition
same
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itis
 Definition
inflammation
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jac, ject
 Definition
throw
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join
 Definition
attach
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jug
 Definition
unite
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junct
 Definition
join
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jur, jus
 Definition
law
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juv
 Definition
young
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kilo
 Definition
thousand
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kine
 Definition
movement
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lac
 Definition
milk
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lat
 Definition
side
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laud
 Definition
praise
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lav
 Definition
wash
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leg
 Definition
bind, choose
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lev
 Definition
light
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lib
 Definition
free
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lig
 Definition
read
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ling
 Definition
language
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foreshadowing
 Definition
clues that hint at events to come
Term
hyperbole
 Definition
outrageous exaggeration
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imagery
 Definition
use of the five senses in language
Term
irony
 Definition
the opposite of what is expected
Term
gon
 Definition
angle
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juxtaposition
 Definition
side-by-side
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metaphor
 Definition
comparison without using like or as
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liqu
 Definition
flow
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lit
 Definition
letter
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lith
 Definition
rock
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loc
 Definition
place
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locut, loqu
 Definition
speech
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log
 Definition
speech, study
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luc, lum
 Definition
light
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lun
 Definition
moon
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macr
 Definition
large
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mag
 Definition
large
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mal
 Definition
bad
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man
 Definition
crazy
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man
 Definition
hand
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mand
 Definition
order
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mar
 Definition
sea
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mas
 Definition
master
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matr
 Definition
wife
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med
 Definition
middle
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mega
 Definition
large
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men
 Definition
mind
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mer
 Definition
goods
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merg
 Definition
plunge
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meta
 Definition
change
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meter
 Definition
measure
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micr
 Definition
small
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milli
 Definition
thousand
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min
 Definition
less
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mir
 Definition
look
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mis
 Definition
hate
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misc
 Definition
mix
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miss, mit
 Definition
send
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mne
 Definition
remember
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mon
 Definition
advise
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mono
 Definition
one
Term
morph
 Definition
form
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mort
 Definition
death
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meter, metr
 Definition
measure
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multi
 Definition
many
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mut
 Definition
change
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nano
 Definition
billion
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nat
 Definition
born
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nau
 Definition
sea
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necr
 Definition
death
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neg
 Definition
deny
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neo, nov
 Definition
new
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mood
 Definition
attitude of author to subject
Term
motif
 Definition
recurrent images, objects, phrases, or actions that unify a work
Term
naturalism
 Definition
nineteenth-century literary movement; extension of realism; portrayed life just as it was
Term
onomatopoeia
 Definition
sound suggests meaning
Term
oxymoron
 Definition
opposites are combined
Term
oper
 Definition
work
Term
ord
 Definition
order
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ornith
 Definition
bird
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orth
 Definition
straight
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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out
 Definition
beyond
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pac
 Definition
peace
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pach
 Definition
thick
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pan
 Definition
all
Term
par
 Definition
beside
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par
 Definition
birth
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par
 Definition
equal
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patr
 Definition
father
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pass, path
 Definition
feeling
Term
ped
 Definition
child
Term
ped, pod
 Definition
foot
Term
pel
 Definition
beat
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pend
 Definition
hang
Term
pens
 Definition
weigh
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pent
 Definition
five
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per
 Definition
through
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peri
 Definition
around
Term
pet
 Definition
seek
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petro
 Definition
stone
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phag
 Definition
eat
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phil
 Definition
love
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phob
 Definition
fear
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phon
 Definition
sound
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phot
 Definition
light
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phyt
 Definition
plant
Term
personification
 Definition
giving human qualities to something nonhuman
Term
point of view
 Definition
first person or omniscient
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polysyndeton
 Definition
purposeful use of many conjunctions
Term
protagonist
 Definition
the hero/heroine
Term
plac
 Definition
please
Term
plan, plat
 Definition
flat
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plen
 Definition
fill
Term
plet
 Definition
full
Term
plex
 Definition
fold
Term
pneum
 Definition
lung
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poli
 Definition
government
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poly
 Definition
many
Term
pon
 Definition
place
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port
 Definition
carry
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pos
 Definition
place
Term
post
 Definition
after
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pot
 Definition
power
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pre
 Definition
before
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prec
 Definition
prayer
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pri
 Definition
first
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pro
 Definition
before
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psued
 Definition
false
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psych
 Definition
mind
Term
puls
 Definition
beat
Term
punct
 Definition
point, prick
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pyr
 Definition
fire
Term
quad
 Definition
four
Term
qaul
 Definition
kind
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quan
 Definition
amount
Term
ques, quir
 Definition
ask
Term
quint
 Definition
five
Term
re
 Definition
again
Term
reg, rig
 Definition
straight
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retro
 Definition
back
Term
pun
 Definition
play on words
Term
realism
 Definition
nineteenth-century literary movement which depicts life just as it is
Term
revelation
 Definition
striking disclosure
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romanticism
 Definition
revolt against rationalism;late eighteenth century literary movement
Term
rog
 Definition
ask
Term
rupt
 Definition
break
Term
sacr,sanc
 Definition
holy
Term
sal
 Definition
health
Term
sal
 Definition
jump
Term
san
 Definition
health
Term
sarc
 Definition
flesh
Term
sav
 Definition
taste
Term
scen
 Definition
climb
Term
sci
 Definition
learn, know
Term
scop
 Definition
see
Term
scri
 Definition
write
Term
se
 Definition
away
Term
sect
 Definition
cut
Term
secut,sequ
 Definition
follow
Term
sed
 Definition
sit
Term
seism
 Definition
earth
Term
semi
 Definition
half
Term
sen
 Definition
exist
Term
sens, sent
 Definition
feel
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sesqui
 Definition
one and 1/2
Term
sid
 Definition
sit
Term
sign
 Definition
mark, seal
Term
simi
 Definition
same
Term
sinis
 Definition
left
Term
sol
 Definition
alone
Term
sol
 Definition
sun
Term
solu, solv
 Definition
loosen
Term
som
 Definition
body
Term
somn
 Definition
sleep
Term
satire
 Definition
ridicules shortcoming of others in order to bring about change
Term
setting
 Definition
time and location
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simile
 Definition
comparison using like or as
Term
soliloquy
 Definition
long speech in a play
Term
son
 Definition
sound
Term
soph
 Definition
wisdom
Term
soro
 Definition
sister
Term
spec, spic
 Definition
see
Term
spir
 Definition
breathe
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spon
 Definition
pledge
Term
stan, stat
 Definition
stand
Term
stel
 Definition
star
Term
strat
 Definition
layer
Term
strict
 Definition
tight
Term
string
 Definition
bind
Term
stru
 Definition
build
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sub
 Definition
under
Term
sui
 Definition
self
Term
sum
 Definition
take
Term
stereotype
 Definition
a fixed idea
Term
symbol
 Definition
person, place, thing which stands for something else
Term
tetr
 Definition
four
Term
than
 Definition
death
Term
the
 Definition
god
Term
thera
 Definition
heal, cure
Term
therm
 Definition
heat
Term
tom
 Definition
cut
Term
torque
 Definition
twist
Term
tort
 Definition
twist
Term
tox
 Definition
poison
Term
tract
 Definition
pull
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
trud, trus
 Definition
thrust
Term
typ
 Definition
write
Term
ultra
 Definition
beyond
Term
super
 Definition
great
Term
sym, syn
 Definition
same
Term
sys
 Definition
with
Term
tach
 Definition
speed
Term
tact, tax
 Definition
arrange
Term
tang
 Definition
touch
Term
tard
 Definition
slow
Term
tech
 Definition
skill, art
Term
tect
 Definition
cover
Term
tele
 Definition
distant
Term
temp
 Definition
regulate
Term
temp
 Definition
time
Term
ten, tin
 Definition
hold
Term
ter
 Definition
earth
Term
term
 Definition
end
Term
symbolism
 Definition
late nineteenth century French literary movement
Term
synecdoche
 Definition
part represents whole
Term
theme
 Definition
insight about human life in a literary work
Term
tone
 Definition
attitude of author toward audience
Term
un
 Definition
not
Term
und
 Definition
wave
Term
uni
 Definition
one
Term
us
 Definition
use
Term
uxor
 Definition
wife
Term
vac
 Definition
empty
Term
vag
 Definition
wander
Term
var
 Definition
change
Term
vas
 Definition
vessel
Term
vel
 Definition
speed
Term
ven
 Definition
come
Term
ver
 Definition
truth
Term
verb
 Definition
words
Term
vers,vert
 Definition
turn
Term
vest
 Definition
dress
Term
vet
 Definition
old
Term
vi
 Definition
way
Term
vib
 Definition
shake
Term
vid,vis
 Definition
see
Term
vinc
 Definition
conquer
Term
vir
 Definition
man
Term
vit, viv
 Definition
life
Term
voc, vok
 Definition
call
Term
vol
 Definition
choose
Term
vor
 Definition
eat
Term
vot, vow
 Definition
pledge
Term
vul
 Definition
common
Term
wri
 Definition
twist
Term
xen
 Definition
foreign
Term
zo
 Definition
animal
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