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BANK final vocab 201
BANKS final vocab 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prerogative | a right or a privilege |
| formidable | impressive |
| tedious | boring,tiresome |
| tactful | having ability to be inoffensive; saying the right thing at the right time |
| lapses | periods of time when a person slips into worse behavior or returns to a bad habit |
| remote | distant; far removed |
| contemptuosly | scornfully; showing a lack of respectt |
| tuition | instructional fee |
| compatable | well-suited |
| isolating | seperating |
| indefensible | inexcisable |
| founded | created |
| distiction | excellence |
| deteriorating | worsening |
| ode | long lyric poem that celebrates person/idea |
| epic | long narrative poem about a hero's deeds |
| ballad | songlike poem about love/betrayal/death |
| narrative | poem that tells a story |
| lyric | expressive poem focusing on thoughts & emotions |
| couplet | two consecutive ryming lines of poetry |
| elegy | poem mourning someone/something who has died |
| limerick | 5-lined humuorous poem w/AABBA rhyme scheme |
| haiku | 3-line Japanese poem with 5-7-5 syllables |
| sonnet | 14-line expressive poem in iambic pentameter with alternating rthyme |
| quatrain | 4-lined poem |
| cinguain | 5-lined poem |
| blank verse | poetry that doresn't ryme, but has meter |
| free verse | poetry with inconsistent meter, may rhyme or not |
| Maya Angelou's themes | love, freedom, racism, sexism, equality |
| Maya Angelou's timeframe | 1920's to present |
| Maya Angelou's major accomplishments | meeting Malcolm X & Dr. King and reading poem at President Clinton's inauguration |
| poems by Maya Angelou | I know Why the Caged Bird Singa and Touched by an Angel |
| alliteration | She sells seashells down by the seashore |
| assonance | Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese |
| figure of speech | It's raining cats and dogs outside! |
| imagery | The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent tothe ground. |
| metaphor | That man is a stubborn mule. |
| meter | Iambic pentameter: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? |
| onomatopoeia | Bang, boom, crack, jumgle. |
| personification | The fog crawled over the ground. |
| repetition | The woods are lovely dark and deep But, I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. |
| rhythm | Hector the Collector by Shell Silverstein |
| rhyme | Early Bird by Shell Siverstein |
| simile | Her blue eyes were as bright as the sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk |
| symbol | Bald Eagle, Statue of Liberty, American Flag |
| formidable | impressive |
| discreet | careful about what you say or do |
| fortitude | inner strength |
| tuition | instructional fee |
| deteriorating | worsening |
Created by:
catherine_chafin
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