English 10 Honors Final Exam Preparation - Flashcards

Flashcards for English 10 Honors Final Exam Preparation

Symbolism

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language.

Tone

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Parallelism

The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

Sensory Details

Details that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Speaker

The voice used by the author to tell/narrate a story or poem.

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion).

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Personification

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

SOAPSTONE

An acronym for Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone used to analyze rhetoric.

TPCASTT

An acronym for Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shifts, Title, Theme used to analyze poetry.

Collectivism

The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.

Individuality

The quality or character of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind, especially when strongly marked.

Motifs

A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

Our Town Setting

A small town, cemetery, and unspecified time period

Mortality Theme

A theme about appreciating life and the circle of life.

bene

Root word meaning 'well, good'.

fac (fic), fact (fect) (fy)

Root word meaning 'to make or do'.

loqu, locut

Root word meaning 'to speak'.

magn

Root word meaning 'great'.

mult

Root word meaning 'many'.

plic, plicit, plex (ply)

Root word meaning 'to fold, to tangle'.

rect(i)

Root word meaning 'right, straight'.

sacr (secr) (ecr)

Root word meaning 'sacred, holy'.

spec (spic), spect

Root word meaning 'to look'.

und (ound)

Root word meaning 'wave'.

vol

Root word meaning 'to wish'.

ann(u), enn(i)

Root word meaning 'year'.

ced, ceed, cess

Root word meaning 'to go, to yield'.

flor

Root word meaning 'flower'.

fund, fus, found

Root word meaning 'to pour, to melt'.

grad, gress

Root word meaning 'to step, to go'.

mal(e), malign

Root word meaning 'bad, evil'.

sec (t)

Root word meaning 'to cut'.

sol (i)

Root word meaning 'alone'.

ten, tin, tent, tain

Root word meaning 'to hold'.

vid, vis

Root word meaning 'to see'.

voc

Root word meaning 'voice, to call'.

volv, volu(t)

Root word meaning 'to roll, to turn'.

clam, claim

Root word meaning 'to cry out'.

fer

Root word meaning 'to bear, to carry'.

lev

Root word meaning 'to lift, light in weight'.

lud, lus

Root word meaning 'to play, to mock'.

misc

Root word meaning 'to mix'.

mort

Root word meaning 'death'.

omn(i)

Root word meaning 'all'.

semi

Root word meaning 'half, partly'.

sen

Root word meaning 'old'.

string, strict, strain

Root word meaning 'to draw tight'.

torqu, tort

Root word meaning 'to twist'.

vert, vers

Root word meaning 'to turn'.

anim

Root word meaning 'mind, feeling, life, heart'.

capit, cipit (ceps)

Root word meaning 'head'.

grand

Root word meaning 'great'.

greg

Root word meaning 'flock, herd'.

jur

Root word meaning 'to swear, law'.

leg (lig), lect (lit)

Root word meaning 'to choose, to gather'.

mut

Root word meaning 'to change'.

ped

Root word meaning 'foot'.

purg

Root word meaning 'to clear'.

sent, sens

Root word meaning 'to feel, to think'.

tenu

Root word meaning 'thin'.

vi

Root word meaning 'way, road'.

carn

Root word meaning 'flesh'.

mon, monit

Root word meaning 'to warn, to advise'.

mov, mot (mob)

Root word meaning 'to move'.

oc

Root word meaning 'eye'.

ord, ordin

Root word meaning 'order'.

pel(l), puls

Root word meaning 'to drive, to push'.

propri

Root word meaning 'one’s own, fitting'.

sal (sil) salt (sult) (sail)

Root word meaning 'to leap'.

sci

Root word meaning 'to know'.

ter

Root word meaning 'land'.

trit (tri)

Root word meaning 'to rub, to wear'.

viv, vit

Root word meaning 'to live'.

bel (l)

Root word meaning 'war'.

doc, doct

Root word meaning 'to teach'.

ferv

Root word meaning 'to boil, to bubble'.

fatr, fratern

Root word meaning 'brother'.

ger, gest

Root word meaning 'to carry, to produce'.

grav

Root word meaning 'heavy'.

hom, homo

Root word meaning 'man'.

matr, matern

Root word meaning 'mother'.

moll

Root word meaning 'mild, soft'.

patr, patern

Root word meaning 'father'.

pend, pens

Root word meaning 'to hang, to weigh, to pay'.

soror

Root word meaning 'sister'.

agog, agogue

Root word meaning 'to lead'.

arch(e), archa(e)

Root word meaning 'ancient, first rule'.

cosm

Root word meaning 'universe, order, beauty'.

dem

Root word meaning 'people'.

heli

Root word meaning 'sun'.

hom, home, homal

Root word meaning 'some, regular'.

log, logy, logue

Root word meaning 'speech, word, study, argument'.

mania

Root word meaning 'passion for'.

mim

Root word meaning 'to imitate'.

phon

Root word meaning 'sound, voice'.

tom

Root word meaning 'to cut'.

type

Root word meaning 'to stamp, to model'.