English Unit 3 vocab

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Renaissance

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• a French word word meaning “rebirth”

- it refers particularly to renewed interest in classical learning-the writing of Ancient Greece and Rome

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Humanism

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An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that restored the study of the classics and focused on examining human life here and now

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Reformation

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A series of events where reformers rejected the authority of the pope and the Italian churchmen.

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Allegory

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A story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

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didactic literature

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Literary works that are meant to instruct, give advice, or convey a philosophy or moral message

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parallelism

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The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the se grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea

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Repetition

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Return of a word, phrase, stanza, form, line may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature

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Figures of speech

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A word or phrase that describe one thing in terms of another, dissimilar, and is not meant to be understood

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Sacred

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Religious contex

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Parable

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A brief allegorical story that teaches a moral, or lesson about life

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Anecdote

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Briefly story usually focuses blunt and to the point, sometimes poetic and obscure

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Proverb

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A short saying that expresses a common truth or experience, usually about human failings and the ways that people interact with one another

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Aphorism

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A concise, sometimes witty saying that expresses a principle, truth, or observation about life

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Axiom

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Statement or proposition that is regarded as being establish, accepted, or self-evidently

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Maxim

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A brief, direct statement that expresses a basic rule of human conduct or a general truth about human behavior

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things with using a connective word such as like, as than, or resembles

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another

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Ryhme

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The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem

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Sonnet

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A 14 line lyric poem that conforms to strict patterns of rhythm and rhyme

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Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet

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3 parts, and 8 lines section, called the octave, followed by line section

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Octave

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8 line section

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Seats

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Six line section

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Volta

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Transition between the 2 parts, or turn usually found in the 9th line- the beginning of the sestet

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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English sonnet, with iambic pentameter lines divided into 3 quatrains and couplet with rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg

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Turn

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A lines, a shift brought in focus or thought

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Quatrains

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The 15 lines long uses 3 four line units

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Couplet

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The final 2 lines

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Meter

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A rhythmic pattern

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Iambic pentameter

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Each line consisting of unstressed syllables alternating with 5 stressed syllables

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Monologue

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A long speech made by one character in a play to another character or audience

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Soliloquy

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A single character, usually alone onstage speaks directly to the audience about his or private thoughts and feelings

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Epigram

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A brief, cleverly worded, memorable statement, usually in rhymed verse

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Epitaph

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An inscription on a tombstone or a commemorative poem written about a person who has died

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Parallel structure

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The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea

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Discourse

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Speech

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Sloth

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Laziness

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Affectation

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Artificial behavior designed to impress others

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Diligence

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Care; carefulness

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Impediment

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Obstacle; stumbling block

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character