Spelling Test 2

Apostrophe

Addressing someone or something that is absent, abstract, or inanimate. (“Where art thou, Romeo?”)

Characterization

The act of creating and developing a character. (Indirect and direct characterization are two different ways to develop a character)

Euphemism

Use of a gentler word in place of an offensive or harsh one. (He was let go from his job)

Haiku

A traditional Japanese three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure about a moment in nature (Matsuo Basho was very famous for his Haikus)

Omniscient

A narrator who knows what more than one character is thinking and feeling.

Onomatopoeia

Words that mimic sounds. (He heard a loud CRASH from inside the house)

Personification

Giving human characteristics to something non-human. (The tree reached for the sky)

Rhythm

The structured pattern of sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables (This poem has a strange rhythm)

Simile

Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”. (She had forgotten the difference between a simile and metaphor during her test).

Stanza

A grouped set of lines within a poem, acting like a paragraph. (I was told to read the first five stanzas of Beowulf for homework)