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English 1 Final
English 1 Term 2 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| loqui / loqu / locu | to speak |
| luc / lum | light |
| nasc / nat | born, reborn, birth, rebirth |
| plac | please |
| phil | love |
| pend | hang or weigh |
| dict | speak |
| voc | call or voice |
| retro- | backward |
| se- | apart |
| sub- | under, below |
| sur- | over, above |
| baro- | weight |
| com- | with, together with |
| chiro- | hard |
| let- | small |
| blank verse | spoken by nobles in Shakespeare's plays; 10 syllables divided into 5 feet of 2 syllables each |
| couplet | 2 lines that usually rhyme |
| iambic pentameter | line w/ 5 meteric feet (unaccented/accented) |
| quatrains | stanza with 4 lines (often in 'abab' or 'abba' format) |
| Shakespearean Sonnet | 14 lines with 3 sections / ab, ab, cd, cd, ef, ef, g, g |
| Arachne & Athena | weaver disrespected the gods & a god made her into spiders |
| Perseus & Medusa | man cut off the head of gorgon |
| Castor & Pollux | twins who rescued their sister, Helen, during Trojan War |
| Midas | was granted a wish to have everything he touched turn to gold |
| Pandora's Box | curious girl opened box, releasing everything bad in the world (anger, hate, etc.) |
| Adonis & Aphrodite | god loved mortal & fought over custody of him along with Persephone |
| Hero & Leander | lovers on either side of a strait & a god blew out the lighthouse that guided the lover across the waters & took the lover for himself |
| Apollo & Cassandra | mortal refused love of a god & god cursed her with ability to see the future, yet nobody beleives her |
| Echo & Narcissus | woman loved by all was refused by a beautiful youth & afterwards the girl hid in a cave |
| The Amazons | women warriors |
| Daedulus & Icarus | imprisoned in Labyrinth until escape by wings made by wax & feathers, son dies with ignoring instructions to avoid the sun, which melts the wax & kills him |
| Pymalion & Galatea | sculptor makes beautiful woman who he wants to marry, Aphrodite grants prayer & gives the sculture life & the two marry |
| Niobe & Leto | jealous parent of two sends Artemis & Apollo to kill boastful parent of 14 |
| plundered | took goods by force; looted |
| squall | breif, violent storm |
| dispatched | finished quickly |
| assuage | calm; pacigy |
| bereft | deprived |
| ardor | passion; enthusiasm |
| insidious | characterized by craftiness & betrayal |
| lithe | supple; limber |
| glowering | staring with sullen anger; scowling |
| equity | fairness; impariality |
| contempt | disdain or scorn; scornful feelings or actions |
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