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8th Grade Literature Final Prep Work 2004

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Word
Definition
Puns   play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words  
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Wordplay   skillful manipulation of words in a literary work to convey meaning, suggest the author's attitude, and create images  
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Alliteration   repetition of consonant sounds most often at the beginning of words  
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Assonance   repition of similar vowel sounds  
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Rhyme   repitition, in two or more words, of stressed vowel sounds and the consonants that come after them  
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Rhyme Scheme   pattern made by end rhymes in a poem  
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Homonyms   one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meanings  
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Rhythm   pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of poems  
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Antonyms   word having a meaning opposite to that of another word  
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Onomatopoeia   use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes  
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Imagery   language that appeals to the senses  
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Word choice   selection of words in a literary work to convey meaning suggest the author's attitude, and create images  
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Simile   figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things  
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Figurative language   imaginative language used for descriptive effect and not meant to be taken as the literal truth  
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Suffix   an affix added to the end of a word, serving to form a new word functioning as an inflectional ending  
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Metaphor   figure of speech that compares or equates two basically different things  
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Personification   figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given the characteristics of a human being  
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Tribute   something given or done as an expression of esteem  
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End-stopped lines   in poetry a line in which a pause occurs naturally at the end of the line  
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Run-on lines   in poetry a line in which the meaning continues beyond the line  
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Stanza   group of lines forming a unit in a poem  
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Quatrain   group of four consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit  
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Root   a primary source; an origin  
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Free verse   poetry that has irregular rhythms and line lengths  
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Etymology   origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and  
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Couplet   two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme  
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Open poetry   (blank)  
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Closed poetry   (blank)  
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Plot   sequense of events in a story, novel, play, or narrative poem  
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Subplot   a plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or film  
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Setting   time and place in which a work of literature happens  
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Resolution   in a story, novel, or play, the part of the plot that presents the final outcome  
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Major character   a role who is involed deeply with the plot  
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Minor character   a role that is not necessary for the play  
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Point of view   relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story  
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Cause and effect   relationship between events in which one event-thecause-makes another event-the effect- happen  
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Theme   main idea of a literary wok, usually expressed as a generalization  
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Dialect   special form of speech that belongs to a particular group or region  
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Internal conflict   a conflict between someon and themselves  
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External conflict   a conflict between someone and an outside force  
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Foreshadow   use of clues by an author to prepare the reader for future developments in a story, novel, or play  
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Short Story   brief account in prose of fictional events  
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Climax   point of the reader's highest interest and emotional involvement in a story, novel, or a play  
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