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English 10:

English 10 Quarter 4 Vocabulary List 1

Alliteration:

Alliteration Repetition of beginning sounds of words. Example: P eter P iper P icked a P eck Like Tongue Twisters

Assonance:

Assonance Repeating similar sounds, especially of the vowel sound in words. Examples: p e n i t e nt and r e t i c e nce

Consonance:

Consonance Repetition of consonants at the end of words Examples: Blan k and thin k Stron g and strin g

Homonym:

Homonym a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning Bank (an embankment--) Bank (place where money is kept)

Homophone:

Homophone a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not heir air knight night

Rime (also spelled Rhyme):

Rime (also spelled Rhyme ) A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines.

Onomatopoeia:

Onomatopoeia Words that imitate the sound they make. Pow Bam Zoom

Lyric poetry:

Lyric poetry a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry

Ode:

Ode A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing. An ode is usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling.

Sonnet:

Sonnet 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a definite rhyme scheme. Iambic unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (like a heartbeat). Pentameter 5 feet = 10 syllables

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English 10 Quarter 4 Vocabulary List 2

Genre:

Genre A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, etc… Example: Sonnet or A Play

Diamante:

Diamante A seven line poem, shaped like a diamond

Two-voice Poem:

Two-voice Poem Poem that expresses the opinion of two speakers on the same subject

Free verse:

Free verse Verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern ONE BEAT TWO BEATS FOUR BEATS

Lyric poetry:

Lyric poetry a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry

Cinquain:

Cinquain A short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, 2, 4, 6, 8, & 2 syllables per line; any stanza of five lines

Stanza:

Stanza An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division in a poem.

Couplet:

Couplet Two lines of poetry that contain end rhyme

Rhyme Scheme:

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences (ababbcc). (REPETITION)

Quatrain:

Quatrain four lines of poetry that contain end rhyme

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English 10 Quarter 4 Vocabulary List 3

Anaphora:

Anaphora The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs Example : " We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" (Winston S. Churchill).

Repetition:

Repetition the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device Example : " What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." ( Ralph Waldo Emerson )

Inversion:

Inversion the reversal of the normal order of words Example : saying "echoed the hills" to mean "the hills echoed."

Declarative Sentence:

Declarative Sentence commonly makes a statement Example : I am going home.

Imperative Sentence:

Imperative Sentence used to make a demand or request Example : Go do your homework.

Exclamatory Sentence:

Exclamatory Sentence generally a more emphatic form of statement Example : What a wonderful day this is!

Interrogative Sentence:

Interrogative Sentence commonly used to request information — Example : What are you going to do all summer?

Rhetorical Devices:

Rhetorical Devices a technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in his audience (his reader(s) or listener(s)). These emotional responses are central to the meaning of the work or speech, and should also get the audience's attention.

Style:

Style in literature, the mysterious yet recognizable result of a successful blending of form with content

Syntax:

Syntax sentence structure Example : Complex sentences= When the bell rings (dependent clause), walk out (main clause).

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Prose:

Prose Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure. Commonplace expression or quality Example : John opened the door.

Voice:

Voice expression in spoken or written words, or by other means Example : She voiced her disapproval in a letter to the committee.

Tone:

Tone a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; Example: the ghoulish tone of Poe's stories .

Persona:

Persona the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author* a person's perceived or evident personality, as that of a well-known official, actor, or celebrity; personal image; public role

Point of View:

Point of View the position of the narrator in relation to the story Where is the Narrator trying To take me?

First Person Point of View:

First Person Point of View the narrator is a character in the story the first person commonly uses: "I saw, We did,", etc Example : I jumped out of the plane.

Objective Point of View:

Objective Point of View can record only what is seen and heard. It cannot comment, interpret, or enter a character's mind. The purest example of a story told from the objective point would be one written entirely in dialogue .

Omniscient Point of View:

Omniscient Point of View The story is told by the author, using the third person, and his knowledge and choices are unlimited. He can interpret the behavior of his characters; he can comment, if he wishes, on the significance of the story he is telling .

Limited Omniscient Point of View:

Limited Omniscient Point of View The author tells the story in the third person, but he tells it from the viewpoint of one character in the story

Narrative:

Narrative consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story Example : narrative poetry

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Mood:

Mood refers to the general sense or feeling which the reader is supposed to get from the text

Symbolism:

Symbolism A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well. Things, characters and actions can be symbols. Anything that suggests a meaning beyond the obvious Example: bright sunshine = goodness

Imagery:

Imagery . Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses Example: (auditory) Mowing - the scythe whispering to the ground

Diction:

Diction the term for a writer or speaker's distinctive choices in vocabulary and style of expression

Connotation:

Connotation The meaning a word takes when spoken in everyday language Example: Clean= tight/good “Yo, Mrs. Huff-izzle, that’s clean!”

Plot:

Plot Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work

Static Character:

Static Character Character remains the same from beginning to end .

Dynamic Character:

Dynamic Character character that undergoes a significant (internal) change throughout the story

Allusion:

Allusion a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.

Foreshadow:

Foreshadow An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

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Simile:

Simile Definition : Comparison between two objects or ideas connecting them with the word or Example : “With that came in a wealthy knight, Which was both grave and old, And after him a finikin lass, Did shine like glistening gold .” from Robin Hood and Allin a Dale Like As

Metaphor:

Metaphor Definition : Comparison of two unlike things not using like or as . Example : You are a tulip.

Hyperbole:

Hyperbole Definition : Exaggeration or overstatement. Examples : I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. He's as big as a house.

Understatement:

Understatement to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out Example: The lessons I learn in Mrs. Huff’s English class will only help me in school.

Personification:

Personification Definition: Giving human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inorganic objects. Example: “The wind stood up and gave a shout.” - from The Wind by James Stephens

Irony:

Irony Irony is the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is. Example : ‘How nice!’ when I said I had to work all weekend.

Theme:

Theme The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work Example: "it was the usual 'boy gets girl' theme"

Oxymoron:

Oxymoron a figure of speech which produces seemingly self-contradictory effect Example: “cruel kindness”

Paradox:

Paradox A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true. Example : Standing is more tiring than walking.

Pun :

Pun The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.