Language Art Final
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Lovely_AMari on May 31, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aghast | shocked:horrified |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds in several words that are close together. |
| amend | make better |
| approximate rhymes | sounds that are similar but not exactly the same. |
| aside | comment or line that is spoken aloud by a character to the audience but not heard by onstage characters |
| associations | emotions suggested by a word |
| assonance | repeated vowel sounds |
| ballads | song or song like poems that tells a story |
| characters | people who have conflict of some kind |
| cherished | valued; well loved |
| climax | action rises |
| comedy | any play that ends happily |
| comic actions | unexpected behavior and exaggerated facial expressions |
| comrade | companion;friend;associate |
| conflict | something that a character struggles with and want to overcome |
| connotations | associations or emotions suggested by a word |
| conspicuous | noticeable |
| contribute to | play a part in |
| couplet | when the two rhyming lines are consecutive |
| defiance | willingness to fight; rebellious feelings |
| denotation | literal meaning of something |
| dialogue | conversations between two or more characters |
| drifting | being carried along as if by a current of air or water |
| elegies | a poem of mourning |
| elegy | a poem for someone who has died |
| elements of humor | elements in a play that makes us laugh |
| end rhyme | rhyme at the end of a line |
| epics | long narrative poems passed down by mouth |
| evident | plain;clear;obvious |
| evoke | state directly a single , strong emotion |
| exact rhymes | rhymes that sound exactly alike |
| exaggeration | overstatements |
| express | show |
| extended metaphor | when poets carry a metaphor over several lines |
| figures of speech | words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant literally |
| forlorn | abandoned and lonely |
| frayed | worn away; unraveled |
| free verse poems | do not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme, but include elements of poetry |
| host | army; large number |
| imagery | language that appeals to our senses |
| impetuous | impulsive;eager |
| indignantly | with anger cause by something felt to be unjust |
| inferences | guesses bases on clues in the text |
| insight | understanding how things are done |
| intent | close attention |
| internal rhymes | rhymes that occur within lines |
| interpretation | open to judge |
| invasion | act of entering by force |
| inversion | put parts of sentences in reverse order from what you are used to |
| liberation | release from imprisonment or enemy occupation |
| loathed | hated |
| lyric poems | don't tell a story, reveals thoughts and feelings |
| mass | large group, in this case of people |
| merit | worth |
| metaphor | makes a comparison without using a connecting work |
| meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| misstatements | using the wrong words or saying the opposite of what is meant |
| monologue | a long speech by one actor to one or more actors on stage |
| mournful | full of deep sadness |
| narrative poems | a poem that tells a story |
| odes | long, lyric poems that were traditionally written to celebrate a famous person or lofty idea. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words with sounds that imitate or suggest a meaning |
| ostentatiously | in a showy way |
| personification | giving nonhuman qualities , human characteristics |
| play | story acted out by live people in front of other live people |
| purge | get rid of something harmful |
| reigns | dominates;exists |
| re-invented | created again or made new |
| repetition | repeating of lines |
| re-reading | reading over |
| resolution | end of play |
| rhyme | repetition of sound |
| rhythm | the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| scorn | obvious disrespect or dislike for someone or something |
| similes | compare two unlike things using like or as |
| soliloquy | a long speech by a character alone on the stage , speaking to him/herself |
| somber | dark;melancholy |
| sonnet | specific type of lyric poem that is always 14 lines long |
| spent | worn-out |
| spirit | couarage;liveliness |
| stirred | moved;roused |
| symbol | something that has meaning in its self or stand for something else |
| taut | pulled tight |
| tax | here, burden;strain |
| tedious | long and boring |
| tragedy | presents serious and important situations that end unhappily or with a death |
| tyranny | cruel and unjust use of power |
| vile | very unpleasant |
| visualize | to picture in your mind what is happening |
| weathered | survived; came through safely |
| word choice | one way poets use music in poems |
| wordplay | puns or other clever or silly exchange of words |
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