HEnglish Final
Freshmen first semester
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- Analogy
- A comparison of two things that are somewhat alike.
- Hector
- Son of Priam and Hecuba. Husband of Andromache, father of Astyanax, brother of Paris, Commander of Trojan forces.
- Adjective-Out-of-Order Brush Stroke
- The car, dented and rusty, went into the parking lot.
- Onomatopoeia
- A figure of speech that uses words tho imitate sound.
- Hubris
- Arrogance.
- Protagonist
- The main character.
- Ate
- A rash action, done without thinking of the consequences.
- Achilles
- Son of Peleus and sea-goddess Thetis. Totally awesome.
- Aeneas
- Son of Aphrodite and Anchises.
- Metaphor
- A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be another thing.
- Helen
- Daughter of Zeus and Nemesis. Abducted by Paris.
- Brisies
- Achilles' prize of honor.
- Rhapsode
- A story teller.
- Extended metaphor
- A metaphor that is elaborated on and developed in several phrases or sentences.
- Rhyme scheme
- The pattern of rhyming words.
- Arete
- The strive for excellence.
- Hecuba
- Wife of Priam.
- Archetypes
- Primordial images and symbols that occur in literature, myth, religion, and folklore.
- Rising action
- The path of the plot leading to the climax.
- Simile
- A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike, using words like, as, or than.
- Arete
- First step to nemesis.
- Contractions
- Never use!!!!!!
- Irony
- The opposite of what is expected. A reality different from appearance.
- Poetic devices
- Words with harmonious sounds including assonance, consonance, alliteration, repetition, and rhyme.
- Figurative language
- The use of figures of speech to express ideas.
- Repetition
- A poetic device that uses the repeating of words, sounds, phrases, or sentences.
- Linking Verb Cheer
- Be is am are was were been, have has had do does did can, could should would may must might will, shall being... HUH HUH!
- Clytemnestra
- Wife of Agamemnon.
- Calchas
- Chief prophet of the Greeks.
- Antagonist
- A character, institution, group, or force that is in conflict with the protagonist.
- Agamemnon
- King of Mycenae. Greek side.
- Alliteration
- The repitition of initial consonant or vowel sounds in two or more successive or nearby words.
- Hubris
- Second step to nemesis.
- Tragedy
- Ba ba ba!
- Epic
- A long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or a hero.
- Adding an Active Verb
- The car chugged into the parking lot.
- Phoenix
- Achilles' tutor.
- Ajax
- Second greatest Greek warrior.
- Climax
- The high point in the plot, after which there is falling action. May coincide with crisis.
- Hyperbole
- A figure of speech that uses exaggeration.
- Appositive Brush Stroke
- The car, a 1936 Ford, went into the parking lot.
- Sensory imagery
- Language that evokes images and triggers memories in the reader of the five senses.
- Pun
- A play on words.
- Denouement
- The falling action or final revelations in the plot.
- Chryseis
- Priest of Apollo, Agamemnon's prize of honor.
- Absolute Brush Stroke
- Engine smoking, gears grinding, the car went into the parking lot.
- Personification
- A figure of speech that attributes human qualities to an inanimate object.
- Astyanax
- Hector's son.
- Ate
- Third step to nemesis.
- Falling action
- All action that takes place after the climax.
- Paris
- The prince of Troy, abductor of Helen.
- Menelaus
- Son of Atreus, younger brother of Agamemnon. Husband of Helen.
- Allusion
- A reference to a well-known person, place, event, thing, myth, or religion.
- Assonance
- The repition of vowel sounds in two or more words that do not rhyme.
- Epithet
- A word or phrase describing a quality of a person, place, or thing that is repeated throughout a work.
- Participle Brush Stroke
- Sliding on the loose gravel, the car went into the parking lot.
- Odysseus
- Son of Laertes, king of Ithaca master of strategies.
- Myth
- A fictional tale about gods or heroes. Allusions to Greek, Roman, Norse, and Celtic myths are common in English literature.
- Consonance
- The repetition of a consonant at the end of two or more words.
- Conflict
- The struggle between characters and other characters, forces of nature, or outside forces beyond their control, internal conflict within a character who struggles with moral choices and matters of conscience.
- Foil
- A character who, through contrast, reveals the characteristics of another character.
- Ellipsis
- Three periods (...) that signify the omission of one or more words.
- Priam
- King of Troy. Father to Paris, Hector, Deiphobus and Cassandra.
- Rhyme
- Words with identical sounds, but different spellings.
- Patroclus
- Best friend of Achilles.
- Andromache
- Hector's wife.
- Polydamas
- Hector's counselor.
- Theme
- A central idea.
- Nemesis
- The retribution of the ate.