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Midterm Exam L.A.

L.A. Study Guide for Mr.Tranchina's class

TermDefinition
Noun A person, place, thing, state, or quality
Pronoun A substitute for a noun
Verb An action or relation between things
Adjective Something that modify's nouns or pronouns by describing
Declarative Sentence A sentence that states something
Imperative Sentence A sentence that states a command
Interrogative Sentence A sentence that asks a question and always ends in a question mark
Exclamatory Sentence A sentence that exclaims something and always ends in an exclamation mark
Blank Verse Has rhythm but no rhyme
Couplet Two lines that rhyme on the same meter
Free Verse No rhyme or rhythm
Haiku A poem with 3 lines and a total of seventeen syllables with 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 syllables on the third line
Iambic Pentameter A meter in poetry consisting of 10 syllables divided into five feet (A foot has two syllables)
Limerick A humorous poem consisting of a rhyme scheme of aabba
Lyric A poem that explores feelings or emotions
Meter Rhythm established in a poem
Narrative A story in the form of poetry
Quatrain A stanza of four lines usually having alternate rhymes
Refrain A repeated part of a poem
Rhyme Having an end sound that corresponds to another
Rhythm A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound of syllables
Repetition (Doing something more than once) The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
Sonnet A poem of fourteen lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line
Stanza A group of lines
Stress Emphasis that falls on certain syllables and not others
Verse Poetry
Prose Any form of writing that is not poetry
Simile A comparison of two things using like or as
Metaphor A comparison of two things not using like or as
Personification Giving an inatament object (or non-human) human like characteristics
Idiom A group of words that have a different/deeper meaning than the words stated
Analogy A comparison between two things
Flashback An event set in a time earlier than the main story
Plot The main storyline
Foreshadowing A warning or indication of a future event
Conflict A disagreement or fight between someone or something
Antagonist An opposing force that gets in the way of the main character
Rising Action The events in a story that lead to the point of greatest interest
Climax The greatest point of interest in a story
Theme The topic of a story
Point of View The position from which something is observed or told
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