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Midterm Exam L.A.
L.A. Study Guide for Mr.Tranchina's class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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