English Trimester 1

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Relevant

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Connected with or related to the matter at hand.

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Evolve

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To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

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Sequel

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A literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier

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Nonentity

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A person or thing of no importance

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Antics

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Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

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Annul

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To reduce to nothing; to declare legally invalid or void

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Collaborate

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To work with; to work together

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Facetious

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Humorous, not meant seriously

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Bantering

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(v) To exchange playful remarks, tease (n) Talk that is playful and teasing

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Venerated

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To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

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Promontory

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A high point of land extending into water

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Deplore

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To feel or express regret or disapproval

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Laggard

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(n) A person who moves slowly or falls behind
(adj.) Falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond.

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Volatile

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Highly changeable

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Ample

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More than enough, large, spacious

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Amass

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To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself

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Skittish

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Extremely nervous and easily frightened

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Prodigious

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Immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

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Servile

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Of or relating to a slave

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Churlish

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Lacking politeness or good manners

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Ethical

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Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong

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Oblique

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Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

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Muster

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(v) To bring together for service or battle (n) A list of me for military service; a gathering, accumulation

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Perturb

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To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

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Excerpt

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A passage taken from a book, article, etc.

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Unison

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A sounding together; agreement of accord

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Frugal

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Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

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Durable

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Not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time

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Qualm

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A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

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Jurisdiction

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An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

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Prewriting

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Includes choosing a topic, identifying a purpose and audience, and collecting and organizing details.

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Drafting

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Involves expressing your collected ideas and details in complete sentences and paragraphs.

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Revising

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Requires carefully reading and rereading your writing to find and fix errors and weakness.

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Editing and Proofreading

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Evaluating your writing and making changes to improve it.

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Publishing and Presenting

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Sharing your final writing product with others

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Allusion

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A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.

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Title

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The name given to a literary work or document.

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Author

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The writer of a literary work or document.

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Genre

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A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, or technique.

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Setting

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The time and place of a literary work or document.

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Plot

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The series of related events that make up a story.

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Exposition

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The introduction or beginning of a work of fiction which tells who the characters are and usually what their conflict is.

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Conflict

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The struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.

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External Conflict

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A character's struggle with an outside force, which may be another character, society as a whole, or a natural force.

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Internal Conflict

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A struggle that takes place within a character's own mind, a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions.

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Climax

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The point in a story's plot that creates the greatest suspense or tension; the story's most exciting moment.

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Resolution

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The final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.

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Suspense

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The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen in the story.

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Foreshadowing

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The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

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Flashback

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Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.

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Point of View

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The vantage point from which a story is told.

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Omniscient Point of View

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A point of view in which the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems.

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Third-Person Limited Point of View

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A point of view in which the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one characters.

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First-Person Point of View

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A point of view in which one character, using the personal pronoun I, tells the story.

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Character

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A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work.

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Characterization

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The way a writer reveals the personality of a character.

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Direct characterization

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A method by which the writer reveals the personality of a character by simply telling the reader what kind of person the character is.

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Indirect Characterization

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A method by which the writer reveals the personality of a character through the character's appearance, thoughts, words, and actions, as well as what other characters think and say about him.

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Protagonist

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The main character in a work of literature.

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Antagonist

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The characters who opposes the protagonist.

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Character Motivation

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Any force that drives a character to behave in a certain way.

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Static Character

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A character who does not change much over the course of a literary work.

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Dynamic Character

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A character who changes as the result of a story's events.

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience.

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Mood

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The overall atmosphere or feeling of a work of literature.

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Style

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The way a writer uses language, including diction, sentence structure, and tone.

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Symbol

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A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.

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Theme

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The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

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Figure of Speech

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A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true.

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Simile

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A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

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Metaphor

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An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as a if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the scenes.

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Idiom

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An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.

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Myth

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A story that explains Something about the world and typically involves Gods or other supernatural forces.

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Novel

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A long fictional story, usually longer than one hundred book pages.

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Fiction

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A prose account that is made up rather than true.

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Nonfiction

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Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places.

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Poetry

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A kind of rhythmic compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.

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Prose

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Any writing that is not poetry.

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Narrative

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A piece of writing that tells a story.