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English I EOC vocabularyalliteration - answer repetition of the beginning consonant sound (ex: rough and ready,
Peter Piper)
allusion - answer reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical,
or historical
anecdote - answer short summary of a funny event
antagonist - answer the person or thing that opposes the protagonists; sometimes
called the villain
archetype - answer a recurring and familiar pattern in literature, like a journey or a wise
old man
aside - answer when a character in a play speaks to the audience and not to the other
characters
assonance - answerrepetition of internal vowel sound, as in "how now brown cow"
autobiography - answera story about a person written by that person
ballad - answerpoem which tells a story of a person from the past and is often set to
music
biography - answeran author's account or story of another person's life
characterization - answerthe way an author reveals his characters; can be done directly
or indirectly
cliché - answera word or phrase that is so overused, like "busy as a bee" or "I slept like
a log"
climax - answerhigh point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point of no
return
conflict - answerthe problem or complication in a story, usually between a person and
something else...either another person, a force of nature, fate, or the person himself
connotation - answerall the emotions or feelings a word arouses, such as negative
feelings about 'pig'
, denotation - answerthe literal, dictionary definition of a word
dialogue - answerconversation carried on by the characters in a work of literature
dramatic POV - answera play, in which all events are told in dialogue
end rhyme - answerrhyming words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of
poetry
epic poetry - answera long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost
superhuman character
epithet - answera word or phrase used in place of a person's name to help characterize
the person
exposition - answerthe part of a story or play that explains the background or makes
conflict clear
falling action - answerthe action that takes place in a story after the climax and that
resolves the conflict
fantasy - answerhighly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life
fiction - answerprose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
figurative language - answerwriting or speech not meant to be taken literally; similes,
metaphors, and personification are examples of this
first person point of view - answertold from the perspective on one character in the
story; designated by the pronoun 'I'
flashback - answerwhen a story's sequence is interrupted and a character goes back to
an earlier time
foreshadowing - answerthe use of clues that suggest events yet to come
free verse - answerpoetry that is not written with a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme
genre - answera French word meaning form or type
hero - answera character whose actions are inspiring or noble, and who overcomes
difficulties
haiku - answera Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5
syllables
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