Lit exam 8th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work |
| anecdote | brief account of an interesting incident or event |
| biography | true account of a person's life, written by another person and usually is written in third person |
| character | the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take an action of work |
| characterization | the way a writer creates and develops characters |
| dynamic character | one who undergoes important changes as a plot unfolds |
| static character | one who remains the same throughout a story |
| character traits | the qualities shown by a character |
| climax | the point of greatest intrest in a story or play |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | one that occurs within a character |
| external conflict | incolves a character who struggles against a force outside him or herself |
| dialogue | a written conservation between two or more characters |
| drama | form of literature meant to be performed by actors infront of an audience |
| fiction | tells imaginary stories |
| figurative language | language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words |
| flashback | interruption of an action to present events that took place at an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story |
| narrator | the voice that tells a story |
| nonfiction | writing that tells you about real people, places, and events |
| novel | long work of fiction and is a product of a workers imagination |
| plot | series of events in a story= exposition,rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
| protagonist | the main character of a story, novel, or play |
| point of view | the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction |
| setting | the time and place of an action |
| symbol | a person, place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| surprise ending | unexpected plot twist at the end of a story |
| suspense | a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader |
| theme | a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with a reader |
| topic | subject, theme, or category of general area of intrest |
| turning point | climax- greatest intrest |
| irony | a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality |
| juxtaposition | try to get a reader to think in a different way |
| PHOT/PHOS | light; greek |
| phototropic | tending to grow or move towards light |
| phosphorescent | giving off light without heat |
| photogenic | attractive in pictures or photographs |
| LUC | light; latin |
| lucid | easy to understand; clear |
| elucidate | to make clear by explaining |
| translucent | allowing light to pass through |
| SPEC/SPECT | to look at; latin |
| circumspect | careful; mindful of rules and consequences |
| prospect | that which is expected |
| specter | a ghost or phantom |
| VID/VIS | to see, look; latin |
| invidious | hateful or spiteful |
| providential | happening by good fortune |
| improvise | to create without any forethought or preparation |
| NUNC/NOUNC | to announce; latin |
| enunciate | to pronounce or articulate |
| renounce | to reject by declaration |
| pronouncement | a declration of opinion; judgement |
| VOC/VOK | to call; latin |
| invoke | to call on for support |
| provocative | causing disturbance or excitement |
| revoke | to make invalid; deactivate |
| FA | to speak; latin |
| ineffable | unutterable, indescribable |
| infantile | childish; immature |
| affable | easy to converse with; friendly |
| DIC/DICT | to say, tell; latin |
| edict | an official order |
| indict | to charge with a crime; accuse |
| dictum | a formal or authoritative statement |
| HIB/HAB | to have, hold; latin |
| prohibit | to stop one from doing soemthing; prevent |
| inhibit | to get in the way of; hinder |
| FUS/FOUND | to pour out; latin |
| suffuse | to fill up fromm within; to spread throughout |
| confound | to confuse and frustrate |
| infuse | to inject; to fill something or someone with |
| TEN/TAIN/TIN | to hold; latin |
| sustain | to support for an extended period of time |
| abstain | to not do something; refrain |
| tenacious | stubbornly persistent; determined |
| retinue | a group that attends an important person |
| PLE | to fill; latin |
| replete | filled up with |
| implement | to put into action; execute |
| deplete | to use up; waste |
| FORM | to form, establish; latin |
| misinformation | untrue or wrong information |
| reform | to bring back to rightness, order, or morality |
| formative | occuring at the time of most influence |
| APT/EPT | to fit; latin |
| inept | inskilled; clumsy |
| adept | skilled; expert at |
| aptitude | skill or suitablility for |
| POS/PON | to put, place; latin |
| posit | to put forth; assert |
| impose | to forcibly place upon |
| disposition | attitude or mood |
| FIG | to shape; latin |
| figment | something invented or imaginary |
| effigy | a figure constructed in mockery |
| prefigure | to look like or predict a later thing or event |
| LEGA | to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with; latin |
| legacy | body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example |
| delegate | to divide up, especially responsibilities |
| ACT/AG | to do, act; latin |
| agenda | plan of action; purpose |
| proactive | seeking to solve a problem before it occurs |
| exacting | demanding perfection; strict |
| PULS/PEL | to push; latin |
| repulsion | desire to avoid; disgust |
| dispel | to scatter about, break up |
| propel | to cause to move towards; push |
| LAT | brought, carried; latin |
| relative | dependent upon |
| superlative | excellent; above all others |
| dilate | to widen |
| CANT/CHANT | to sing, call; latin |
| recant | to formally withdraw |
| incantation | ritual chant; spell |
| disenchanted | losing fondness for; unhappy with |
| AUD | to hear; latin |
| inaudible | so quiet as to be impossible to hear |
| auditory | having to do with the sense of hearing |
| audit | a thorough review |
| SON | to sound; latin |
| disonance | unpleasant or unharmonious sound |
| assonance | similarity of word sounds |
| resonant | having an effect; powerful |
| LOG | to speak, reason; greek |
| analogous | comparable to; like |
| dialogue | communication between two or more people |
| prologue | a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event |
| bellicose | warlike in nature |
| antebellum | occuring before a war |
| belligerence | warlike mood or attitude |
| AM | love, friend; latin |
| enamored | fond of; feeling love towards |
| amiable | good-natured; cheerful |
| amicible | not bitter or hostile; friendly |
| AGON | contest, struggle; greek |
| antagonize | to act hostile towards; provoke |
| protagonist | the central character in a workk of literature |
| antagonist | one who is hostile towards; one who opposes |
| PHIL | love; greek |
| philosophical | calm and wise; reasonable |
| philanthropy | charitable donation to public causes |
| bibliophile | one who loves books |
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