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Term #1: ALLEGORY

Definition: A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities.

Example: Chronicles of Narnia

Aslan the Lion = Jesus

(sacrifices for others, has a following, is all-mighty)

Memorization Tip:

ALLEGORY rhymes with symbolic STORY!!!

Term # 2: ALLITERATION

Definition: Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words that are close together in a poem.

Example:

Memorization Tip:

Think “LL” – L is a consonant – REPETITION OF consonant sounds

Term #3: ALLUSIONDefinition: Reference to a statement, a

person, a place, or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.

Example: The makers of the Scream movie ALLUDED TO Munch’s work of art “The Scream” in order to instill fear.

Memorization Tip:

ALLusionALL you need is love.Reference to the Beatles.

Language Activity #1Prefix : Letter or group of letters

added to the front of a root to change its meaning

Ex: pre— : before, at first

Pre

—

1.To keep from happening, to hold back pre_________

2.To consider or meditate beforehand pre___________

3.Judgement or opinion formed before facts are known, biaspre______________

Term # 4: AMBIGUITY

Definition: When the author leaves the ending of a story mysterious, unclear, and up to the reader’s interpretation

Example: The directors of the movie

Inception left the ending unclear…

was it a dream or was it reality??

Memorization Tip:

AmbigYOUity: YOU interpret the text in your own way.

Term #5: ANALOGY Definition: A comparison made between 2 things

to show how they are alike in some respects.

Example: Mariners are to Pacifica H.S. as Matadors are to Bolsa Grande H.S.

MASCOT SCHOOL MASCOT SCHOOL

Memorization Tip: You can compare 2 things using the word “as” so think Asnalogy….

Term #6: ANECDOTE

Definition: a short account of a particular incident or event that is interesting or amusing

Example: You tell your friends the story of how you met your crush.

Memorization Tip: DOTE means to love foolishly.

Language Activity #2Suffix: Letter or group

of letters added to the end of a root to change its meaning

Ex: — ive: showing or demonstrating a characteristic

The cool guy scooted closer to the pretty, ______-ive girl, but her _______-ive father gave him the evil eye.

Term #7: ASIDE

Definition: Words spoken to a character (typically in a play) to the audience or to another character, but are not heard by the others on stage.

Example: Mean Girls

Kady tells Regina she

doesn’t like Gretchen.

Gretchen doesn’t hear.

Memorization Tip: Step ASIDE to talk behind someone’s back.

Term # 8: ASSONANCE

Definition: the repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem

Example: Like baby, baby, baby, no

Like baby, baby, baby, oh

Memorization Tip: AssOnance. O = vowel

Term #9: AUTHOR

Definition: a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.

Example: Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling

Memorization Tip: Harry Pauthor.

Language Activity #3Root: foundation of a word that

carries the word’s core meaning; the part to which prefixes and suffixes are added.

EX: -cogn- = knowYou better recognize! Recognize = to

know by some detail

Write a sentence with a word using the root –gen—: birth, kind, origin.

Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Definition: An account of the writer’s own life.

Example: Autobiographical Narrative Essay

Memorization Tip: You can AUTOmatically talk about yourself which is what you do in this type of writing.

Term # 11: BALLADDefinition: a song that tells a story

Example: Taylor Swift – Love Story

Memorization Tip: Think BALL – Cinderella went to a ball…Cinderella is a story. A ballad is a SONG that tells a story.

Term # 12: BIOGRAPHY

Definition: An account of a person’s life written or told by another person.

Example: Oprah’s biography.

Memorization Tip:

BIO = Life Someone’s life story.

Term #13: BLANK VERSE

NO RHYME NO RHYTHM.

Blank = nothing required

Definition: An account of a person’s life written or told by another person.

Example: Oprah’s biography.

Memorization Tip:

BIO = Life Someone’s life story.

14. CHARACTER

PERSON IN A STORY, POEM, OR PLAY

STATIC = doesn’t change, static on TV

DYNAMIC = Dynamite! Explosion! Changes!

FLAT = 1-2 traits, FLAT…NOT MUCH

ROUND = Like a REAL PERSON, has many traits

15. CLIMAX

CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!! (highest point in the story)

16. COMEDY

NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY.

THINK about smiling after something funny,

think smiling because you’re happy…

HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

17. COMIC RELIEF

FINDING NEMO = when things get serious, Dory makes a joke to provide COMIC RELIEF

18. CONFLICT

Conflict rhymes with convict

Imagine if a convict moved in with you…how would that cause CONFLICT. He steals your toothbrush! And your cereal?!?!?!? And dates your mom!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!

19. CONNOTATION

Connotation

Think nation

What do people think or feel about America?

20. COUPLET

2 Lines that Rhyme = a Couple

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

21. DESCRIPTION

Author DESCRIBES as if you, the reader, were there!!!

22. DIALECT

DIAL the telephone = hear people talking = people talking from different areas.

Huntington Beach: Hey dude, what’s up bro.

Southern: Ain’t your mama ever taught you nothin?

Louisiana: New Orleans = Nawlins

23. DIALOGUE

Conversation between 2 + people

Ms. Tran: Will you guys please study for the CSTs?

Class: Of course! Whatever you wish, Ms. Tran! I appreciate all of your hard work and time put into helping us study so hard! You’re the best ever!

Ms. Tran: I love you, period __.

24.DICTION

Think DICTIONary….what do you find? WORDS!!!!

Writer’s choice of WORDS!!!

25. DRAMA

Story meant to be acted for an audience.

We are reading Romeo and Juliet, but it is supposed to be seen as a play.

26. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

Poem “From Mother to Son”

Mother speaks to son through the poem

Poem is directed to the son

The son = silent listener (never says anything)

27. EPIC

EPIC!!! WOW!!! LONG STORY!!! (about great deeds of a hero)

ODYSSEY = GREEK HERO ODYSSEUS’ QUEST

28. EPITHET

Think Epithet – het- HAT

Abraham Lincoln wore a top HAT

“Honest Abe” –descriptive phrase for him.

29. ESSAY

YOU WRITE THESE IN CLASS!

PERSONAL = free write, informal

*quick writes, casual responses, journals

FORMAL = serious, academic language

*literary analysis, response to literature, etc.

30.EXPOSITION

EXPO = EXPLAIN = Writing in which you explain

Example: a cook book recipe tells you how to cook something

Exposition in plot = Basic Situation

31. FABLE

A SHORT STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL OR PRACTICAL LESSON ABOUT LIFE

The boy who cried wolf fibbed (lied).

Think FIB – FAB. FABLE!!

32. FIGURE OF $PEECH

Language that is not meant to be understood on a literal level

“Go figure!” don’t literally go and figure out the issue and solve problems.

“It cost me an arm and a leg…” $$$$

Worse comes to worst…

33. FLASHBACK

A camera FLASHES.

Its pictures bring us BACK to past memories.

34. FLASH-FORWARD

Forward = FUTURE!

35. FOIL

Foil shines.

A foil character helps to make the main character SHINE.

Batman = dark, mysterious, silent, strong

Robin = small, obnoxious, funny

36. FOLK TALE

Tale = told

Stories that are passed down through word-of-mouth

37. FORESHADOWING

CLUES

HINTS

38. FREE VERSE

You’re FREE to do what you want. WRITE what you want. You still have natural rhythm, but no rules are applied.

39. GENRE

A category of literature

Just remember this…

40. HAIKU

Japanese verse consisting of 3 lines.

HAIKU has 5 letters. It starts with 5 syllables.

KU rhymes with two. Add two, the next line has 7 syllables.

End back at 5 syllables.

41.. HYPERBOLE

He was as HYPER as the Tasmanian Devil.

This bowl is SO hyper!!!!

Think exaggeration for comic effect.

42. IAMBIC PENTAMETER

A line of poetry that contains 5 iambs.

An iamb is a unit of measure for specific poetry.

When you read a line of this poetry, the syllables are UNSTRESSED then STRESSED.

but SOFT! what LIGHT through YON der WIN dow BREAKS.

U / U / U / U / U /

Unstressed STRESSED pattern 5 times in a line = iambic pentameter

43. IDIOM

Think IDIOM = IDIOT

“That idiot was as dumb as a door knob.”

Expressions that are peculiar…

44. IMAGERY

Language that appeals to the 5 senses.

CREATES IMAGES IN YOUR MIND.

45. INVERSION

A VERSION of the writer’s word order.

They write however they want for THEIR purpose or to create a certain effect.

THINK YODA!

Hungry I am.

Wonderful Ms. Tran is.

Scholars you are.

46. IRONY

Contrast between expectations and reality. There are 3 kinds.

VERBAL IRONY: VERBAL = SPOKEN WORDS

SITUATIONAL IRONY: You’re in situations that you wouldn’t expect would happen.

DRAMATIC IRONY: You’re sitting in a theater watching a dramatic movie and you know what happens when the characters don’t.

47. LYRIC POETRY

Think lyrics from a song. This poetry is musical and emotional.

The writer of a lyric poem uses words that express his state of mind, his perceptions, or his feelings.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

48. METAPHOR

A comparison FOR 2 unlike things without the words like, than, as, or resembles.

THINK ABOUT THIS MATH EQUATION:

METAPHOR (4)

TWO (2) = 2 unlike things being compared

49. METER

Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

Ways people read poetry –they emphasize certain syllables

Think meter …measure…way to measure syllables.

50. MOOD

Think moody = Feeling something?

The feeling a story evokes!

51. MYTH

Story based in a particular culture.

Think mythical creatures.

Think Lochness monster!

Think Big Foot!

Think werewolves!

52. NARRATION

A type of writing where the speaker tells what happens.

Think narrator who tells a story.

53. NARRATOR

Voice telling a story/ Point of view.

1st person

Omniscient

Third person limited

54. Non-Fiction

Writing that deals with real people, real things, real events, and real places.

Think NON-FICTION

NOT-FAKE

55. NOVEL

Fictional prose narrative usually consisting of more than 50,000 words.

WHAT A NOVELTY! HOW GRAND! WHAT A LONG STORY!

56. ONOMATOPOEIA

ONO = AWW NO!!!

SOUNDS. SOUNDS. SOUNDS!!!

57. PARADOX PARA= not normal, strange, wondering

“The Gift of the Magi” – Della and Jim are the richest couple on earth. (rich in love but not in money)

Nobody goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded.

Don't go near the water until you've learned to swim.

The man who wrote such a stupid sentence cannot write at all.

If you get this message, call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it.

58. PARALLELISM

Repetition of words or phrases or sentences that have the same GRAMMATICAL structure

“I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius Caesar

59. PERSONA

Mask or voice assumed by the writer

The author takes on another PERSON’s view point

60. Personification

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

PERSON = HUMAN

You are making something nonhuman HUMAN.

The wind whispers.

61. Plot

Series of related events that make up a story or drama.

Plot = think of a chain. All of these events link together.

62. Poetry

KEY WORDS: rhythmic, uses figurative language and imagery to appeal to a reader’s emotions and imagination.

Ex. Legal Alien

“A handy token sliding back and forth between the fringes of both worlds.”

63. POINT OF VIEW

Omniscient = all-knowing (OMMMM = sounds like a prayer…God-Like…knows everything!)

1st person = 1st person pronoun “I” (Think 1 looks like I)

3rd person = Third person pronouns He, she, they, it

(Number 3 rhymes with HE, SHE)

Vantage POINT = POINT of VIEW

64.PROTAGONIST

Main character

PRO = YES the character you are rooting for.

65. PUN

Play on multiple meanings of words.

Pun rhymes with FUN. Think funny jokes.

How do you make a tissue dance?

You put a BOOGIE in it.

Boogie – Booger Boogie – Dance

66. REFRAIN

Repeated words.

“Hey, hey, HEY.”

This phrase is repeated throughout

his song.

Think REfrain = REpeat

67. RHYME

Repetition of sounds that are similar.

End rhyme = rhyme at the END of the line

Ms. Tran’s scholars will score 858,

This will make our school so great.

Internal rhyme = rhyme INSIDE the line

Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered

weak and weary

68. RYTHYM

Think rhythm, think music. MUSICAL QUALITY in language.

69. SATIRE

SATIRE – PUT SOMETHING UNDER FIRE (“put on blast”)

Making fun of something

70. SCENE DESIGN

SCENE in a PLAY.

What sets, lights, costumes, and props do they use?

71. Setting

Where a story is SET.

The real HOMS

“windows that can’t breathe”

“swollen door”

72. SHORT STORY

LOOK FOR THE WORD SHORT in the answer choices, and you’ve got the right answer. You’re welcome.

73. SIMILE

A comparison between 2 unlike things USING the words like, as, than, or resembles.

My scholars are as bright as the sun.

74. SOLILOQUY

LONG speech given by a character alone by themselves.

SOLO = alone

SOLOlilquy…

75. SONNET

Think of a woman who had 14 sons.

She wrote a 14 line poem about how she had a net of sons.

76. SPEAKER

Voice talking to us in a poem.

You hear a voice over the SPEAKER.

“Legal Alien” = voice of a Mexican American who is lost in her culture.

77. STANZA

GROUP OF CONSECUTIVE LINES IN A POEM THAT FORM A SINGLE UNIT.

Think STANZA, STANDS ALONE

The chunks of a poem.

78. STYLE

PARTICULAR WAY AN AUTHOR USES LANGUAGE.

Just like YOU have a fashion style to wear clothes your way, authors use language in different ways to create style.

Edgar Allan Poe = scary, moody, emotional, twisted = represented through his repetition and varies short and long sentences.

79. SUSPENSE

ANXIETY the reader feels about the reading.

SUSPENSE…what events will COMMENCE?!

Someone thinks you’re a suspect for a murder..you get NERVOUS...you get ANXIETY!!

80. SYMBOL

SYMBOL is SOMETHING that STANDS for SOMETHING

81. TALL TALE

That mountain is SO tall and SO far.

A tale that is exaggerated and far-fetched (unbelievable).

Paul Bunyan : giant, tall lumberjack

82. THEME

CENTRAL IDEA OF A WORK.

Usually a phrase

*Love conquers all.

*War tears people apart.

83. TONE

Attitude a writer has towards a subject.

Think of your mother saying, “WATCH THAT TONE OF VOICE YOUNG LADY…”

84. TRAGEDY

UNHAPPY ENDING

OPPOSITE OF COMEDY.

85. VOICE

Distinctive use of language in a text.

The speaker may be a mother and her voice is motherly, nurturing, caring, and loving.

The author uses specific words (language) to create the character of the mother.

“Honey…” “M’am”

Term # 86. ARGUMENTDefinition: a series of

statements in a text designed to convince us of something

Example:

Persuasive Essay – you argue your opinion

Memorization Tip: You get into an arGUMent with your teacher on why you should be able to chew GUM in class.

87. CAUSE and EFFECT

HOW and WHY one thing leads to another.

Do not study for the test Poor score on the test

Bad attitude in class Parent conference

Be rude and disrespectful in class Receive a referral

Drop out of high school Earn minimum wage

88.CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

TIME ORDER.

CHRO

CHROME…

CHROME watches

Watches tell time..

89. CLAIM

CLAIM = OPINION

CLAIM rhymes with LAME

My opinion is that dogs are lame.

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)

ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!

“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

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