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Literature Vocabular
8th Grade Literature Final Prep Work 2004
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Puns | play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words |
| Wordplay | skillful manipulation of words in a literary work to convey meaning, suggest the author's attitude, and create images |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds most often at the beginning of words |
| Assonance | repition of similar vowel sounds |
| Rhyme | repitition, in two or more words, of stressed vowel sounds and the consonants that come after them |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern made by end rhymes in a poem |
| Homonyms | one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meanings |
| Rhythm | pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of poems |
| Antonyms | word having a meaning opposite to that of another word |
| Onomatopoeia | use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes |
| Imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| Word choice | selection of words in a literary work to convey meaning suggest the author's attitude, and create images |
| Simile | figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things |
| Figurative language | imaginative language used for descriptive effect and not meant to be taken as the literal truth |
| Suffix | an affix added to the end of a word, serving to form a new word functioning as an inflectional ending |
| Metaphor | figure of speech that compares or equates two basically different things |
| Personification | figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given the characteristics of a human being |
| Tribute | something given or done as an expression of esteem |
| End-stopped lines | in poetry a line in which a pause occurs naturally at the end of the line |
| Run-on lines | in poetry a line in which the meaning continues beyond the line |
| Stanza | group of lines forming a unit in a poem |
| Quatrain | group of four consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit |
| Root | a primary source; an origin |
| Free verse | poetry that has irregular rhythms and line lengths |
| Etymology | origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and |
| Couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| Open poetry | (blank) |
| Closed poetry | (blank) |
| Plot | sequense of events in a story, novel, play, or narrative poem |
| Subplot | a plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or film |
| Setting | time and place in which a work of literature happens |
| Resolution | in a story, novel, or play, the part of the plot that presents the final outcome |
| Major character | a role who is involed deeply with the plot |
| Minor character | a role that is not necessary for the play |
| Point of view | relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story |
| Cause and effect | relationship between events in which one event-thecause-makes another event-the effect- happen |
| Theme | main idea of a literary wok, usually expressed as a generalization |
| Dialect | special form of speech that belongs to a particular group or region |
| Internal conflict | a conflict between someon and themselves |
| External conflict | a conflict between someone and an outside force |
| Foreshadow | use of clues by an author to prepare the reader for future developments in a story, novel, or play |
| Short Story | brief account in prose of fictional events |
| Climax | point of the reader's highest interest and emotional involvement in a story, novel, or a play |
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