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SOL Review
Review of SOL terms for 11th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The actual definition meaning of a word | Denotation |
| Language that goes beyond the normal meaning of the word. Ex: Idioms, similes, hyperbole, metaphor, and personification | Figurative language |
| A phrase that means something different than the dictionary meaning. Ex: "Its raining cats and dogs" | Idioms |
| An educated guess based on information given. | Inference |
| A poem that tells a story and set to music. | Ballad |
| two successive lines of poetry that rhyme: | Couplet |
| A character that represents a certain type of person. Ex: Queen Elsa represents innocence. Annie represents the orphan | Archetype |
| Repetition of consonant sounds. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. | Alliteration |
| Repetition of vowel sounds. Ex: Days wane away | Assonance |
| The overall feeling of a work. Tone and mood are examples | Atmosphere |
| A mournful poem about the dead. Different from a Eulogy, which is a speech usually said at funerals. | Elegy |
| Unrhymed lines of poetry that have a rhythm. | Blank verse |
| a fourteen line poem with a couplet at the end | Sonnet |
| A speech made by a character on stage. He/she does not have to be alone. | monologue |
| The message or lesson of the story. | theme |
| Language that is specific to a region. Ex: Mark or buster is specific to LA, Son and bananas is specific to New York. | Dialect |
| The narrator refers to himself as "I". Ex: I will never forget the day Biggie died." | 1st person point of view |
| An object that has a meaning in itself, but also represents something else. Ex: The Statue of Liberty represents freedom, hope, and a new beginning. | symbolism |
| The opposite of what is expected to happen. Three types: verbal, situational, and dramatic | Irony |
| narrator shares thoughts and feelings of one central characters | 3rd person limited point of view |
| narrator shares thoughts and feelings of all characters | 3rd person omniscient point of view |
| using your own words to restate someone else’s ideas | paraphrase |
| one-sided treatment of a subject, an opinion | bias |
| overstating or exaggerating something, usually for the purpose of creating a comic effect. Ex: "Andre is the funniest guy on the planet!" | hyperbole |
| poetry with no set rhyme scheme or rhythm | free verse |
| the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience. Ex: a story can be pessimistic, optimistic, or angry. | tone |
| the emotion associated with a work. Ex. "The night was dark and stormy" gives you a sense of scariness. | mood |
| The use of words that sound like what they mean, like "buzz" and "pow" | onomatopoeia |
| A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words. Ex: "Cruel kindness" or "Jumbo shrimp" | Oxymoron |
| A contradiction. Example: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." | Paradox |
| A speech made alone on stage by a character or actor. The word solo comes from this. | Soliloquy |
| A question not meant to be answered. Ex: "Why cant we all get along?" or "Why is water wet?" | Rhetorical question |
| Language that conveys a certain idea by saying the opposite. Ex, if its raining outside and you say "What a beautiful day!" | Sarcasm |
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