English 9 Honors Fall Final Review
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Symbol
something that represents other meanings
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Dynamic character
a character that learns/changes
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Foreshadow
warning or indication of the future
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Allegory
a story with a hidden meaning
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Epithet
adjective or description for a specific person or group of people
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Dramatic irony
the audience knows more than the character
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Personification
giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
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Situational irony
when the outcome is different from what is expected
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Flashback
a scene set earlier in time than the main story
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Flat character
characters that are two-dimensional and don’t change
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Internal conflict
a struggle within a person’s mind
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Metaphor
a comparison that isn’t literal
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Verbal irony
when a character says one thing but means another, sarcasm, figures of speech
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Characterization
the way an author shows or describes a character
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Direct characterization
when an author outright describes a character
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Indirect characterization
when an author describes a character through their actions
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Inference
conclusion/opinion based on facts or evidence
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Theme
the subject being discussed in writing, the moral of the story
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External conflict
a conflict outside of the mind
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Irony
when someone does something that isn’t what we expect them to do
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Symbolism
the use of symbols to represent ideas
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Hyperbole
an exaggerated statement
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Simile
a comparison using like or as
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Anaphora
the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase
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Parallelism(grammatical)
the repetition of the same grammatical form
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Parallelism(rhetoric)
the repetition of words, phrases, or ideas to make a point
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Onomatopoeia
words that represent sounds
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Oxymoron
a statement that contradicts itself
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Colloquialism
slang, informal language
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Allusion
an expression that calls something to mind without directly mentioning it
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Idiom
figure of speech, doesn’t directly say what it means
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Alliteration
words that begin with the same letter or sound placed closely together
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Ek
out
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Lect
gather
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Numen
deity
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Ous
full of
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Mend
flaw
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Ob
against
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Phan
say
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Pro
forward
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Re
again
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A
not
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Nul
none
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Fid
faith
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Rid
laugh
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Sed
sit
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Ad
to
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Ine
nature of
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Vac
empty
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Ex
out
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Pusill
small
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Anim
mind
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Eclectic
from various sources
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Numinous
supernatural
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Mendicant
beggar
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Fatuous
complacently stupid
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Oblivion
being forgotten
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Propitious
favorably disposed
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Requite
repay
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Aphasia
loss of speech
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Nullifidian
faithless person
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Risible
laughable
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Assiduous
persevering
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Saturnine
gloomy and remote
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Vacuous
stupidly empty of ideas
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Ex cathedra
from the throne
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Pusillanimous
small minded
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