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English 1 Final Review

Terms

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Onomatopoeia
the use of a word, like buzz, snap or burp, whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
Satire
making fun of society
What is figurative language?
gives some sort of imagery
Where did shakespeare get his ideas?
other writers from before him, romans, greeks
Shakes queen and king
Elizabeth I & Henry II
Comedy
starts out bad but ends up good. (opposite of Tragedy)
Haiku
japanese poems that have three lines 575
Personification
a metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
Hyperbole
extremely exaggerated
Imagery
characters explain to the audience everything that is imaginable
Metaphor
a direct comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using words the prepositions like, as, or than ( or linking verbs such as resemble)
Shakes home
stratford-on-avon
Pun
play on words using words that sound similar to make some sort of point
Allusion
reference to something outside
Soliloquy
long speech to let audience know what is happening in the characters mind.
Paradox
seem like it's contradicting but it's true
couplet
pair of rhymed lines
Stanza
group of lines in a poem
Folio
large sheet of paper used in printing
Simile
an indirect comparison between two seemingly unlike things that does use the prepositions like, as, than ( or linking verbs such as resembles or seems)
Plot structure
three different subplots(The Tempest)
Sonnet
14 lines, 3x4(quatrains)+1x2(couplet) usually love poem
Assonance
a poem that has a repetition of consonance of vaul sounds
Narrative poem
any work of poetry that tells a story
Line
a group of words that ends according to the meter not punctuation
Blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter (unstressed and stressed syllable) A poem that doesn't rhyme
Irony
when you have a situation that is contrary to your expectation
Mood
overall emotional impact the poem has
Shakespeare's Birth-death
1564-1616
Quarto
Quarter 1/4 of folio
Ballad
a song like poem that tells a story (musical)
Exposition
exposes the setting (information)
Tragedy
starts out good and ends up bad. (opposite of comedy)
Aside
when you have a character directly addresses the audience.

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