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Quarterly Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | The repeating of the same sound in a text. |
| idiom | Saying something strange to someone put not literal. |
| onomatopoeia | The creation of words that imitate natural sounds |
| simile | A phrase uses the words like or as to describe someone by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. |
| symbolism | The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. |
| personification | A figure intended to represent an abstract quality. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
| stanza | A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. |
| scheme | A pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem song. |
| syllable | A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word |
| hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| free verse | Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. |
| meter | A unit of rhythm in poetry |
| rhythm | A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound |
| haiku | A 3 line poem where the first line has 5 syllables, second line has 7 syllables, and third line has 5 syllables. |
| sonnet | A poem with 14 lines a rhyme scheme (typically), and 10 syllables per line. |
| limerick | A 5 line poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA often funny. |
| theme | The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition, and a topic |
| moral | As the ability to contend with complex moral problems. It involves the ability to recognize a problem as a moral one. |
| plot | The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
| point of view | (in fictional writing) the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. |
| setting | A piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place. |
| irony | A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. |
| subjective | Personal opinions, assumptions, interpretations, and beleifs |
| objective | Observation and measurable facts |
| lesson | An amount of teaching given at one time; a period of learning or teaching. |
| thesis | A short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported |
| assertion (claim) | A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. |
| irony | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
| point of view | (in fictional writing) the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. |
| topic sentence | A sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph in which it occurs. |
| evidence | The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. |
| inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
| conclusion | To wrap something up in a story. |
| transition sentence | They are words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, or paragraphs. |
| fiction | A story that is made up and not real. |
| non-fiction | A story that is real. |
| insinuation | An unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad. |
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johnnyharrod13
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