English 2 Final Review

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Plot

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The progression of events in a literary work.

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Conflicts

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Results from the struggle of two opposing forces.

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Three kinds of opposition

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Internal

External

Both

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Novel

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A long prose fiction which represents humans in significant action in their world.

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Analogy

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An economic method for exploring the unknown through the known. A familiar object is used to represent the unfamiliar.

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Setting

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The time and place of a narrative.

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Theme

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An observation of life which serves as the controlling idea in a literary work. It is seldom presented word-for-word but is more often found as an abstract idea.

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Characterization

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The creation of believable fictitious personalities.

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound st the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Archetypes

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A very typical example of a certain person or thing

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Couplet

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Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

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Epic heroes

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A brave and nobel character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events.

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Foreshadowing

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Be a warning or indication of a future event

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Legend

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A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. (Ex: King Arthur and knights of the round table)

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Line

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The words of an actors part in a play or film; a part of a poem forming one row of written or printed words

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Lyrical poem

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A poem with a musical rhythm. The topic often explores romantic feelings and other strong emotions.

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Metaphor

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The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as.

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Myth

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A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

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Narrative poem

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A form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.

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Onomatopoeia

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The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (bang, sizzle)

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Personification

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Repetition

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The action of repeating something that has already been said or written

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Rhyme

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Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when those are used at the ends of lines of poetry

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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using like or as

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Stanza

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A group of four lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem, a verse

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Symbolism

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The artistic and poetic movement or style of using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind.

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Tone

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The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc....

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Bibliography

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A list if books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix

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Credibility

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The quality of being trusted or believable

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Documentation

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Material that provides official information or evidence or that serves as a record

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Paraphrase

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Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity

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Plagiarism

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The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as ones own

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Prewriting

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A blanket term for a wide range of techniques to start thinking about your paper before you begin the formal process of writing a draft.

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Primary sources

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A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study

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Secondary sources

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Scholarly books and articles

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Summarize

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Give a brief statement of the main points of something

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Thesis statement

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A developed, supported, and explained sentence that states the overall point of the paper

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Works-cited list

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A list of sources that you have incorporated within your paper by using the ideas, information, and quotes of others

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Parenthetical documentation

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Citations to original sources that appear in the text of your paper.