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Blank verse

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Poetic form characterized by un-rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter

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Motif

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Recurring theme in a story

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Iambic pentameter

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Iambic-foot
Pentameter-stressed unstressed syllable pattern
Stressed- /
Unstressed- U

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Theme

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lessons, main ideas, or subject in a work

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Mood

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Feelings created in the reader by a work

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Tone

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Writers or speakers attitude toward the work

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Inner conflict

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With self

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Outer conflict

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Another character or outside source

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Exposition

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Introduction

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Rising action

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Building up to climax

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Climax

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Suspense

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Falling action

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Leading to resolution

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Resolution

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Denouncement/wrapping everything up

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Three types of irony

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  • Dramatic
  • Verbal
  • situational
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Dramatic irony

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Audience knows but character doesn’t

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Verbal irony

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Saying one thing and meaning the other

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Situational irony

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What we expect vs. what actually happens

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Lucrative

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Bringing in money ex. Lucrative business

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Terse

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Brief and to the point ex. Terse letter of rejection

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Circumspect

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Careful, cautious

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy, hard to handle, slow, moving ex. Cumbersome packages

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Perennial

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Lasting for a long time, persistent. A plant that lives for many years

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Eminent

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Famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting

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Perilous

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Dangerous

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Intrepid

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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not realized

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Supplant

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To take place of,supersede

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Impoverished

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Poor, in a state of poverty, depleted

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Hamper

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To hold back

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Lucid

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Easy to understand, clear, rational, same

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Posthumous

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Occurring or published after death

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Sardonic

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Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Apex

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The highest point, tip

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high, excessive

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, melancholy

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Brazen

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Shameless, imprudent, made of brass

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Arduous

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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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auspicious

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Favorable, fortunate

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Revile

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To attack with words, call bad names

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Pilfer

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To steal in small quantities

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Trite

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Commonplace, overused, stale

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Altercation

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An angry argument

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Paramount

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Chief in importance, above all others

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Diligent

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Hardworking, industrious, not lazy

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Was montresor an reliable or unreliable character and why

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Unreliable because he only talked about his opinion and left details out

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What was the theme of the necklace

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Be happy with who you are and what you have, do not be greedy

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Who wrote the necklace

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Guy de mouspassant

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What is the setting of marigolds

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MD during the Great Depression

49
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List of three characters in the most dangerous game

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General zarroff-a Russian Cossack and expatriate who lives on ship trap island and enjoys hunting men
Rains ford-a world renowned big game hunter and the story’s protagonist
Whitney- rainsford’s friend and traveling companion
Ivan-zarroff’s mute assistant

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Theme of the most dangerous game

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Sinister, suspenseful, mystery

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Town and country of Shakespeare’s birth

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Stratford on Avon, England

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Shakespeare date of birth and death

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April 23, 1564- April 23, 1616

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The three people who could’ve been Shakespeare

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Sir Francis bacon
Christopher Marlowe
Edward de vere, 17th earl of Oxford
William Stanley, 6th earl of derby

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Who kills mercutio

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Tybalt

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Who kills tybalt

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Romeo

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Who kills Paris

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Romeo

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Meaning of wherefore art thous Romeo

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Why Romeo

Are you a mountague

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Jan 19, 1809-1849

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Where was Edgar Allan Poe born

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Boston, MA

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Nurse’s daughters name

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Susan

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Benvolio

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Keeps the peace

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Edgar Allan Poe was raised by who

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John Allan

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Edgar Allan poe’s wife’s name

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Virginia

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Relationship between mercutio and the nurse

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They do not like each other

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Where does Romeo and Juliet take place

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Verona, Italy

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Homonyms

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Words that sound the same but have different meanings

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Apostrophes

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A punctuation point used to show possession or in a contraction

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