English Vocab Words 11/8/10

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Paradox

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2 contradictory phrases or words that prove to go together and be true. Exp: out at sea, but nothing to drink

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Synecdoche

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a figure of speech where a part or word is made to represent the whole, or vice versa. A substitution of words.

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Acronym

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a word formed from the letters of different words-like Radar was taken from Radio- or the first initials of a series of words, like S.C.U.B.A. Not the same as an abbreviation

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Parable

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a short, simple story used to show a moral lesson. It is not a fable because it uses humans, not fake characters.

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Iambic Pentameter

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common form of poetry: non rhyming lines, 5 iambic feet per line(10 syllables per line)

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Idiom

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expression natural to a language or group of people

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Anecdote

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short, amusing story about a real incident or person, meant to impress you, not always valid

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Connotation

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emotions, feelings, or images associated with a word, what you think of when you see or hear something

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Denotation

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dictionary meaning

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Parallelism

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a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses

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Syntax

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arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences

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Homophone

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a word that has the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

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Sonnet

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a fourteen line poem, ten syllables per line

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Omniscient

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to know or to know everything

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Figurative language

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a word or phrase that isn't literal language: used to compare, like a metaphor or simile

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Anthology

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selective literary passages from one author

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Assonance

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in poetry, repetition of the sound of a vowel

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Aphorism

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a saying or general truth, expected by everyone

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Alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds, at the beginning of words, usually for effect or to add to the tone

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Literary device

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technique that produces a specific effect

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Consonance

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recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants in close proximity, usually at the end of words

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Apostrophe

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exclamatory passage in a speech or poem, used to address a person, usually someone who is dead or absent, or something that is personified

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Imagery

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representation through language of sense experience or language that appeals to the senses

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Visual

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imagery relating to the sense of sight

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Auditory

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imagery relating to the sense of sound

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Olfactory

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imagery relating to sense of smell

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Gustatory

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imagery relating to sense of taste

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Tactile

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imagery relating to sense of touch

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Organic

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relating to internal sensation

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Kinesthetic

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relating to movement or tension in muscles or joints

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Hyperbole

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an extreme exxaggeration

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Verbal irony

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something that is said: figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said

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Understatement

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figure of speech that consists of saying less than one mean, or of saying what one means with less force than the occasion warrants

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Meter

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regularized rhythm; an arrangement of language in which the accents occur at apparently equal intervals in time

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Dramatic Irony

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a device by which the author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker in a literary work in a drama

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Stanza

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a group of lines whose metrical pattern that is repeated throughout a poem: lines of poetry

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Metonymy

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a figure of speech in which some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience: similar to synecdoche