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English 6 week test
study guide information
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| alliteration | repetition of constant sounds |
| end rhyme | similarity in sound at the end of lines of poetry |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line of poetry |
| meter | rhythm of poetry determined by number and length of feet in a line |
| caesura | break or pause in a line of poetry |
| verse | a stanza of poetry, or it can mean poetry in general |
| iambic pentameter | five metrical feet of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables |
| accent | prominence of a syllable |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| free verse | poetry without a set form or meter |
| sonnet | 14 lines of iambic pentameter, either English or Italian |
| couplet | two successive lines of a verse, forming a unit |
| figure of speech | form of expression |
| limerick | a five line verse or a series of such verses in which the subject matter tends to be lighthearted |
| metaphor | implied comparison; does not use "like" or "as" |
| William Wordsworth quote | "Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerfull feelings recollected in tranquility" |
| epigram | short poem dealing with a single subject |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration |
| sated | to satisfy |
| aristocrat | anything regarded as the best, most elegant, or most stylish of its kind |
| unwonted | not customary or usual; rare |
| intimated | to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest |
| lacerated | mangled; jagged; torn |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster |
| tallow | the fatty tissue or suet of animals |
| bode | to encounter |
| soliloquy | the act of talking while or as if alone |
| consignment | property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment |
| docile | easily managed or handled; tractable |
| primitive | early in the history of the world or of humankind |
| recede | to become more distant |
| swarthy | dark as in skin color |
| morose | characterized by or expressing gloom |
| incurious | lacking care or attention; careless; negligent |
| insular | detached; standing alone; isolated |
| plight | an unfavorable or unfortunate one |
| grievously | causing grief or great sorrow |
| dubiously | doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt |
| exertion | vigorous action or effort |
| prostrate | to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness |
| insidious | stealthily treacherous |
| placatingly | to appease |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties |
| monotonous | lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
| perpetual | continuing or enduring forever; everlasting |
| lugubriously | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner |
| remnant | a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like |
| malingerer | to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work |
| imploringly | to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy |
| repugnance | strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy |
| capsized | to turn bottom up; overturn |
| superfluous | unnecessary or needless |
| jaded | worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse |
| slovenly | untidy or unclean in appearance or habits |
| voracious | craving or consuming large quantities of food |
| copious | large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful |
| innocuously | not harmful or injurious; harmless |
| wistfully | characterized by a gloomy state of mind |
| innocuously | not harmful or injurious; harmless |
| aquatic | growing or living in or on water;done in or upon water |
| assert | to say firmly;to declare |
| avert | to turn away;to keep from happening |
| bleak | without much hope;cold and dreary;exposed to cold winds and bad weather |
| blithe | cheerful;carefree;not showing proper care;heedless |
| docile | well behaved;easy to handle |
| dwindle | to keep on becoming less;to grow smaller in number or amount |
| lethal | causing, or capable of causing, death |
| monitor | to watch closely and frequently;to observe and make note |
| mutilate | to hurt or damage by cutting into, cutting off, or cutting out |
| nimble | able to move quickly and easily |
| plight | a difficult or dangerous condition or situation |
| ponderous | heavy and slow-moving |
| verge | an edge, border, or brink |
| vigilant | watchful;ready for danger |
| ballast | heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the rising and falling of a vessel like a ballon |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and carefree |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly |
| detach | to separate from;lacking concern;not taking sides |
| eerie | causing uneasiness;strange or mysterious |
| fathom | a length of six feet, used in measuring the depth of water |
| pique | to arouse or excite |
| probe | to poke or prod;to examine closely |
| realize | to be aware of;to bring into being;to make happen |
| rupture | to split or break |
| sphere | an object with all points on its surface equally equally distant from its center;a ball or globe;an area of power, influence, or activity |
| submerge | to go underwater;to put underwater or cover with water |
| tedious | seeming to go on for a long time;boring |
| ultimate | final;the greatest possible;maximum |
| unscathed | completely unharmed |
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