English 1 Honors Final Study Guide

Acclimate

adjust to climate or environment; adapt

Alleviate

to relieve, make more bearable

Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Concur

to be of the same opinion; to agree with

Droll

amusing in an odd or whimsical way

Elucidate

to clarify, explain

Figurative Language

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

Free Verse Poetry

Lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech, not adhering to any specific rhyming or meter pattern

Great Expectations

a novel by Charles Dickens, is a coming-of-age story centered around the life of Pip, an orphaned boy who experiences a dramatic shift in his circumstances when he inherits a fortune from a mysterious benefactor. The novel explores themes of social class, wealth, morality, and the corrupting influence of material possessions. Pip's journey from a humble life to a life of luxury is marked by both personal growth and disillusionment as he navigates the complexities of Victorian society.

Grotesque

absurd; distorted

Haiku Poetry

a Japanese verse formed of three unified lines in five, seven, and five syllables. Its goal is to create a single, memorable image

Homer

An ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

Iambic pentameter

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

Imagery

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

Laud

to praise highly

Limerick

a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines should only have five to seven syllables; they too must rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm.This form often includes a witty or playful theme.

Loquacious

(adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking

Magnanimous

generous in forgiving, above small meanness

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Meter

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

MLA format

1" margins, Times New Roman, 12 Point Font, Double Space, In-text citations are written using the author's last name and page number.

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Motif

A recurring theme, subject or idea

The Odyssey summary

The story is about Odysseus' 10-year-long journey home from the Trojan War. Calypso holds Odysseus as a slave on her island. Poseidon is angry at Odysseus and refuses to let him return home. Poseidon creates a nasty storm, which leads Odysseus to the island of the Phaeacians. There he encounters the cyclops and trick him into thinking he is "nobody" after he blinds him. he ends up escaping the island and the cyclops cave.

Onomatopoeia

the use of words that imitate sounds

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Person

An individual substance of a rational nature

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Plot of Romeo and Juliet

two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

Poetic Speaker

the narrator of the poem; may or may not be the poet

Pun

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Renounce

To retract a statement

Repress

to hold back

Rescind

to repeal, cancel

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Sonnet

A poem of fourteen lines using a wide range of formal rhyming schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

Theme

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

TPCASTT

Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme

Whet

to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager

Who wrote Great Expectations?

Charles Dickens (1860)

who wrote romeo and juliet

william shakespeare

who wrote the odyssey

homer

Zealous

eager, earnest, devoted