exam review Flashcards
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a contrast between expectation and reality
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irony
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repetition of initial constant sounds
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alliteration
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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound
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meter
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the use of words that imitate sounds
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onomatopoeia
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extreme exaggeration
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hyperbole
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repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
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repetition
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two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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couplet
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a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
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oxymoron
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a run-on line of poetry usually with a lack of punctuation
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enjambment
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a comparison without using like or as
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metaphor
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a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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allusion
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a strong pause within a line of verse in poetry; using punctuation
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caesura
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a comparison using “like” or “as”
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simile
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using differences to emphasize a point, view, or image
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contrast
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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symbol
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the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
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personification
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T #1 in tipcast?
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title (and poet)
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I in tipcast?
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imagery
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P in tipcast?
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paraphrase (do it last)
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C in tipcast?
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convections
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A in tipcast?
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attitude
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S in tipcast?
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shift word
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2nd T in tipcast?
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theme (overall meaning/lesson)
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rhythm and poetry
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RAP
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what are poems divided into?
stanzas
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a genre of literature based on the interaction of intense words, imagery, and rhythm
poetry
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the literal concepts poems often imply
themes
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what is the poetic language found in music?
lyrics
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poems that have no regular rhyme
free verse
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metaphors, similes, imagery, and alliteration are all examples of what?
figurative language
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what grammatical tool is optional in poetry?
punctuation
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what is the pattern of the rhyme in poetry identified with letters?
scheme
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what does a shakespearean sonnet include?
14 lines, 3 quatrains, concluding couplet, rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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what does a limerick include?
5 lines, rhyme scheme, meter
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what does a haiku include?
3 lines; 1st line: 5 syllables, 2nd line: 7 syllables, 3rd line: 5 syllables
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what is the background of a story?
exposition
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what introduces the plot, narrative style, characters, and conflict?
rising action
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what is the part of a story that forces a change?
turning point
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what is usually the most exciting part of a story which happens after the turning point?
falling action
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part of the story where the conflict is resolved
resolution
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what are the sequence of events that tell a story?
plot
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the where and when of a story
setting
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what is the struggle between the protagonist and antagonist?
conflict
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anything that develop the characters in the story
characterization
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the main character(s) of the story who goes through the most change
protagonist
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the character or force working against the protagonist
antagonist
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who or what is telling the story (1st or 3rd POV)
narration
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any hints of the ending of the story found in the beginning/middle of a story
foreshadowing
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when a character or narrator refers to events of the past
flashback
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conversations between characters
dialogue
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who is the author of the glass menagerie?
tennessee williams
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what is the genre/style of the glass menagerie?
memory play
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where and what year does the glass menagerie take place?
St. Louis in the winter of 1937
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who is the protagonist in the glass menagerie?
tom wingfield (merchant marine)
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who is the antagonist in the glass menagerie?
amanda wingfield (from blue mountain)
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what is the turning point of the glass menagerie?
jim at dinner
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how many gentlemen callers did amanda have and what did they all have in common?
17 and they were all rich
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what are laura’s two escapes in the glass menagerie?
the actual glass menagerie and the victrola
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what is tom’s nickname at work?
shakespeare
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where does tom from the glass menagerie go at night and why?
to the movies for adventure
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who is the author of romeo and juliet?
william shakespeare
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what is the genre of romeo and juliet?
drama
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where and when does romeo and juliet take place?
verona, italy during medieval times
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what is the exposition of romeo and juliet?
there is a feud between two families
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who are the protagonists in romeo and juliet?
romeo and juliet
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who/what is the antagonist in romeo and juliet?
the feud
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who is romeo’s cousin who is the “voice of reason”?
benvolio montague
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who is a montague friend who is the “player”?
mercutio
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who is juliet’s cousin who’s a trouble maker?
tybalt capulet
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who is romeo’s mentor?
friar lawrence
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who is the ruler of verona?
the prince
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who is the guy in romeo and juliet who had one job?
friar john
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what is the turning point of romeo and juliet?
tybalt wants to fight romeo and kills mercutio but romeo ends up killing tybalt and gets banished
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who is the author of the most dangerous game?
richard connell
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what is the genre of the most dangerous game?
short story
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where and when does the most dangerous game take place?
caribbean sea, 1920s, remote island called ship-trap
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what is the exposition of the most dangerous game?
all characters are hunters from all over the world and have a unique understanding of hunting and prey
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who is the protagonist in the most dangerous game?
sanger rainsford
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who is the antagonist in the most dangerous game?
general zaroff
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who is zaroffs henchman in the most dangerous game?
ivan
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what is the turning point of the most dangerous game?
rainsford has 3 hours to evade zaroff’s hunt and only has a knife to use
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what is the resolution of the most dangerous game?
rainsford sleeps in bed at night
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what is the resolution of romeo and juliet?
the feud ends and two statues of the young lovers will be made to honor the loss of what could’ve been
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what is the resolution of the glass menagerie?
candles out
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how does rainsford feel when being hunted?
like a mouse being chased by a cat
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what does romeo do when he hears juliet is dead?
he buys poison and dies
