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English-11 Flashcards

Final Test

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Definition- Active Voice

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the person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb.

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Allegory

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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
“the alliteration of “sweet birds sang””

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allusion

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a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader’s understanding of their work.

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Analogy

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a literary device that creates a relationship based on parallels or connections between two ideas.

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Antithetic

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a literary device that positions opposite ideas parallel to each other.

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Apostrophe

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a literary device writers use to address someone or something that is not physically present.

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argumentative essay

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a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.

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Archaic Language

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the use of writing that is today considered outdated or old fashioned.

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Biography

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The story of a real person’s life.

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Cacophony

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A blend of unharmonious sounds.
‘She sells seashells down by the seashore.’

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Case Study

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a detailed study of a specific subject, such as a person, group, place, event, organization, or phenomenon.

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Cause and Effect

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A logical system that organizes evidence to show how something happened.

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Chronological Order

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an arrangement of events in the order of their happening or based on the time they have occurred.

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Chronological order

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arranging events based on the time of their happening.

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Colloquialism

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informal, everyday language that is used by a specific geographical region.
“soccer” is a colloquial term in America for “football.”

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Colloquial Language

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Proverbs and aphorisms (“You only live once.”)

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Comic Relief

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An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action.

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Compare

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To explore similarities between subjects.

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Contrast

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To look at their differences.

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Consonance

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A literary device that occurs when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds.

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Couplet

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Two lines of poetry that usually rhyme.

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Denotation

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A literal framing of a term or sign.

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Denouement

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the final outcome of the story, generally occurring after the climax of the plot. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet comes just after Romeo and Juliet take their own lives.

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Descriptive Essay

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A genre of essay that asks the student to describe something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc.

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Dialect

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A form of a language spoken by a smaller group.

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Diction

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The careful selection of words to communicate a message or establish a particular voice or writing style.

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Didactic

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The type of literature that is meant to instruct or teach something.

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Dissonance

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A disruption in the harmonic sounds or rhythm of a verse.

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Editorial

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An article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.

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Emotional Appeal

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A logical fallacy, whereby a debater attempts to win an argument by trying to get an. emotional reaction from the opponent and audience.

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Epitaph

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An inscription on a gravestone.

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Euphemism

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A word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic.

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Euphony

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The combining of words that sound pleasant together or are easy to pronounce.

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Expert Testimony

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A doctor serving as an expert witness might testify about their reading of an x-ray.

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Falling Action

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What comes after the main climax and leads to the conclusion.

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Foil

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Opposite of a person.

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Form

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The style in which a a piece of text is written in.

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Frame Story

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A story inside a story,
Life of pie.

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Hyperbole

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Figurative language or a literary device that uses deliberate and extreme exaggeration to create a strong emotional response from the reader, emphasize a statement, or add a sense of drama.

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Idiom

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“Under the weather” is an idiom universally understood to mean sick or ill.

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Internal Rhyme

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“I went to town to buy a gown. I took the car, and it wasn’t far. I had a cat who wore a hat.”

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Jargon

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the specific type of language used by a particular group or profession.

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juxtaposition

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placing two unrelated things next to each other to highlight their differences.

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legend

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a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true.

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limited omniscient

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a narrator who knows everything there is to know about one or some of the characters, but not all of them.

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point of view

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1st, 2nd, 3rd person, Limited omniscient, omniscient, objective

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literal language

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exactly what is written. For example: “It was raining a lot, so I rode the bus.”

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mood

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the main feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader.

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mystery

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a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story.

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myth

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the use of supernatural beings is common and the time period usually dates back to a period of early history of the beginning of various civilizations.

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narrative

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a story.

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narration

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the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.

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objective (language tone)

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unbiased.

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objective (point of view)

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the narrator is not involved in the action of the story.

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Omniscient (point of view)

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An ‘all-knowing’ kind of narrator very commonly found in works of fiction written as third-person narratives.

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oxymoron

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a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,” “love hate” “organized chaos”.

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paradox

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It is a statement or idea that seems illogical, but upon further analysis, does make sense.

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pathos

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to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.

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persuasive essay

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uses logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another.

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plot

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the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.

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point of view

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the writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story to whom.

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prologue

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a separate introductory section of a literary work that comes before the main narrative.

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propaganda

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any sort of art, media, or literature that promotes a political viewpoint, especially through deception or cheap appeals to emotion.

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purpose

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the author’s intention in writing.

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rhetorical question

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is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point, rather than to get an answer.

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rhythm

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the sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry.

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satire

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making fun

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stanza

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1 verse

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stream of consciousness

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rambling thoughts

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statistical evidence

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a type of evidence that uses numerical data and statistical analysis to support an argument or claim.

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stylistic technique

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any of a variety of techniques to give an additional and/or supplemental meaning, idea, or feeling.

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subjective (language tone)

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personal, biased, and full of the personal opinions and feelings of the author. It’s often used in opinion pieces or personal essays. Example: “I’ve always found the taste of coffee absolutely heavenly.”

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symbolism

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a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature.

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thesis

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the sentence that introduces the main argument or point of view of a composition (formal essay, nonfiction piece, or narrative).

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3rd person POV

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the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.

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tone

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the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

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understatement

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a particular quality of a person, object, emotion, or situation is downplayed or presented as being less than what is true to the situation.

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voice

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the opinion or attitude authors express in their writing.

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