Big English Test
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- lyric poem
- musical poem. short. focuses on a single quality. barter
- dramatic poetry
- drama written in poem form (ex. Shakespeare)
- controlling metaphor
- comparision that starts int eh title and run all through the poem
- They're
- contraction for they are
- reason is because
- construction should be avoided in formal writing
- who/whom
- subject of sentence or clause/ object of the verb or preposition
- literally
- means actually or just as the words say. should not be used to intensify expressions whose words are not to be taken at face value
- detached autobiography
- writing primarily about yourself, but the action took pace long enough ago that your feelings have subsided
- would have
- avoid this construction in place of had in clause that begin with if
- as
- used to introduce a full clause in formal writing
- somewheres
- nonstandard for nowhere
- sit
- means to be seated and does not take a direct obj
- prejudice
- a noun meaning a biased opinion
- respective
- means separate
- proceed
- means move on
- thru
- colloqiual spelling for through should be avoided in formal writing
- characterization
- way to establish a character: describe, narrate actions, say what character thinks or says, say what others think of person
- there
- indicates place or functions as an expletive
- than
- a conjuction used in comparisions
- narrative point of view
- broad name for the way a written work is written
- narrative poetry
- a poem that tells a story and is usually long
- towards/toward
- both are acceptable. use one or the other is used constantly
- subjective
- omitting details. distortion. prejudices. (rebecca)
- that
- always intorduces an essential clause (not set off by commas)/ used to refer to animals and things
- tone
- the way somebody says something as an indicator of what that person is feeling or thinking
- repetition
- something that is repeated, especially unnecessary words
- who's/whose
- contraction of who is/ possesive form of who
- hyperbole
- an exaggeration
- to/too/two
- preposition/adverb meaning also or excessively/ number
- plus
- standard as preposition meaning in addition to.
- irony
- figure of speech that is almost appropriate for the situation (ex. Romeo and Juliet)
- stanza
- a number of lines of verse forming a separate unit within a poem.
- slant rhyme
- words that dont sound the same but look the same
- raise
- means to lift or bring up. takes a d.o.
- since
- mainly relates to time. can also mean because
- who
- refers to people and animals with names
- rise
- means to get up and does not take an obj.
- rhyme
- similarity in the sound of word endings, especially in poetry
- somebody/ someone
- idefinite pronouns (are vague)
- supposed to/ used to
- in both expressions the -d is essential
- then
- adverb indicating time
- lose
- means to mislay
- myself, himself, herself, yourself
- refer to or intensify words. avoid using in place of personal pronouns in formal writing
- foreshadowing
- hints at what is to happen later
- maybe
- means perhaps and is an adverb
- phenomena
- plural of phenomenon meaning percievable fact.
- flashback
- when a story looks back on something that happened in the past
- imagery
- description using the 5 senses
- percentage
- follows an adj
- OK, O.K. okay
- all three spellings are acceptable but avoid un formal speech or writing
- precede
- means come before
- simile
- comparision that uses like or as
- people
- except when emphasizing indivuals
- symbolism
- the use of symbols to invest things with a representative meaning or to represent something abstract by something concrete
- metaphor
- comparision that does not use like or as.
- real/really
- should not be used as adverb in formal writing. adj/ adv
- media
- plural of medium and takes a plural verb
- may be
- a helping verb
- onomatopoeia
- sound suggests meaning or action (ex BANG)
- principle
- noun. meaning rule or axiom.
- allusion
- an indirect reference to somebody or something
- style
- a distinctive and identifiable form in an artistic medium
- their
- possessive form of they
- loose
- means unrestrained or not tight
- theme
- the subject of a discourse, discussion, piece of writing, or artistic composition
- weather/ whether
- state of the atmosphere/ introduces alternatives
- some one
- pronoun or adj modified by some
- alliteration
- achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants,
- some body
- noun modified by some
- omniscient
- narrator who is all knowing and God-like. 3rd person
- sensual
- suggests sexuality.
- person
- when emphasizing indivuals
- these/ this
- plural/singular
- like
- should not introduce a full clause in formal writing
- Elements of a Gothic Novel
- Setting in Castle. atmosphere of mystery and suspense. an ancient prophecy. omens and visions. supernatural events. high emotion. women in distress. women threatened by tyranical male. metonymy of gloom and horror.
- principal
- adj. meaning foremost or major. or noun meaning chief official or capital sum
- cacophony
- jarring grading sounds like crack or screech
- unique
- means the only one of its kind and cannot be modified by very or most
- sure to/ try to
- correct forms. dont replace with and
- couplet-octave
- 2-8 lines that rhyme with each other or another group of 2-8 lines
- theirselves
- nonstandard for themselves
- which
- can introduce both essential and nonessential clauses, many reserve which for only nonessential (set off by commas)/ only to refer to animals and things
- nowheres
- nonstandard for nowhere
- Byronic Hero
- attractive. commanding presence. major mood swings. often brooding. mysterious.
- respectful
- means full of respect
- objective
- without distortion
- percent
- fractions of one hundred. always follows a numeral and word should be used instead of symbol
- set
- means put or place and takes a d.o.
- personification
- giving human like qualities to objects
- sensuous
- means pleasing to the senses.
- prejudiced
- adj. meaning to be biased and opinated