Long Test 3

Question 1

etymology of element

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• Latin: elementum
• Greek: stoikheion

Question 2

Principle or component part
A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.

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Element

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A person or any entity.
The ones mainly involved in the circumstances and actions of a story.

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Character

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Principal or lead character; commonly referred to as the “hero”

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Protagonist

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Fully developed personalities that are affected by the story’s events; they can learn, grow, or deteriorate by the end of the story.

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Round Character

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The qualities and characteristics of a certain character remain as is.

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Static/Flat

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Character who does go through change and “grows” during the study.

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Dynamic

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Known as the villain; the role is mainly to challenge the main character.

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Antagonist

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Time and location that a story takes place.

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setting

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The significant truth about life which a story attempts to communicate with its reader.
The main idea, realization, reflection.

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theme

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This refers to the flow and sequence of events in a story.
A planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end.

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plot

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Structure of a Plot

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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denoument

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Introduction of the characters and establishment of the setting

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exposition

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The presentation of the conflict or problem.

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rising action

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The turning point of the study; the most exciting or surprising part.

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climax

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Event/s leading to the end of the story.

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falling action

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End of the story; problems or conflicts are usually resolved.

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resolution

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A plot device that hints at something to come; often a big reveal towards the end.

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foreshadowing

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A recount of something that happened in the past, shedding light of the present.

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flashback/backstory

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A scene or moment where the plot takes a dramatic turn.

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plot twist

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Occurs when one character cannot decide between two possible romantic prospects.

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Love Triangle

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A plot device in which an entire story has been revealed to be a dream.

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Dream Sequence

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Happens when an amazing, unforeseen solutions arrives to fix a problem.

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Deus Ex Machina

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Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

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poetry

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a type of literature typically written in verse that uses figurative language, or language that can have different meanings.

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poetry

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The use of vivid and descriptive language; used by the writer to describe their impressions of their topic or object in writing.

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senses and images

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What the writer wants you to see.

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visual imagery

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What the writer wants you to smell.

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olfactory

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What the writer wants you to taste.

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gustatory

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What the writer wants you to feel.

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tactile imagery

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What the writer wants you to hear.

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auditory imagert

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The writer’s choice and use of words

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diction

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Literal meaning

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denotation

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Secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning

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connotation

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The way the author arranges words, meter lines, and stanzas to create a coherent sound when the poem is read aloud; It may be formal or informal, depending on the way the poem was written by the poet.

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rhyme scheme

Question 36

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date

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alternate rhyme

Question 37

Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
That thou was in the world a year ago,
What time I sat alone here in the snow
And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink.

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enclosed rhyme

Question 38

I realized it was half past four
When I, quite late, ran out the door.
My history class I so abhor,
But I missed two sessions the week before.

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monorhyme

Question 39

My mother’s maids, when they did sew and spin,

They sang sometimes a song of the field mouse,
That for because their livelihood was but so thin
Would needs go seek her townish sister’s house.

She thought herself endured to much pain:
The stormy blasts her cave so sore did souse…

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tersa rima rhyme

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The perspective of the voice that talks to the reader.

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persona/speaker/vibe

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The arrangement of words and lines, either together or apart.

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structure

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The underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey

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theme

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A word, phrase, or expression used in a different way from its usual meaning to make a greater effect or create a mental picture
Used to build imagery to deepen the readers or listener’s understanding through various emotional, visual, or sensory connections
Includes comparisons, contrasts, associations, exaggerations, or constructions

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figurative language

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uses of figurative language

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To compare ideas for better understanding of a concept
To describe ideas that are sometimes difficult to understand
To show a deeper emotion
To influence the reader or the listener
To help make connections
To help readers or listeners visualize
To elicit an emotion

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a comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as, or than; used to highlight an important characteristic

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simile

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a direct comparison without using comparative words; equating two things to elicit a stronger connection and deepen the meaning of the comparison

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metaphor

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attributing human characteristics to non-human things or inanimate objects; personifies object and makes them more relatable

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personification

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use of descriptive words that sound/mimic the noise being described

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onomatopoeia

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an over-exaggeration used to emphasize an emotion or description; may also use simile and other comparisons

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hyperbole

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repetition of the same consonant sound; often used to emphasize an emotion or reveal a stronger description or create a memorable or melodic effect

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alliteration

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the repetition of the sound of a vowel word that are close together

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assonance

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addressing someone or something that is not present or cannot respond such as deceased person, an inanimate object, or a concept

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apostrophe

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using a word or object which stands in for a closely related word/object

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metonymy

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using a part of something to refer to its whole

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synecdoche

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using two contradictory words to create a new meaning

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oxymoron

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using a statement that appears to contradict itself but contains some truth, theme, or humor

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paradox