English u3 vocab

Question 1

occurs when the ending words or syllables in lines rhyme

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end rhyme

Question 2

a word that seems to convey the idea of action or being but it does not function as a true verb

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verbal

Question 3

a poem that tells a story

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narrative poem

Question 4

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together

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alliteration

Question 5

the use of same or similar consonant sounds In words that are close together

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consonance

Question 6

a serious drama in which the main character suffers a major downfall

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tragedy

Question 7

6 lined stanza

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sestet

Question 8

a long speech made by a single character

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monologue

Question 9

a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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meter

Question 10

a long speech made by a character who is alone onstage (or who thinks he/she is alone)

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soliloquy

Question 11

indicates whether the subject is acted upon or doing the action

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voice

Question 12

a verb form that functions as a noun (ends in -ing)

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gerund

Question 13

4 lined stanza

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quatrain

Question 14

writing that reflects everyday speech; written in sentences and paragraphs

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prose

Question 15

a word used to introduce an adverb clause

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subordinating conjunction

Question 16

a word used to begin an adjective clause

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relative pronoun

Question 17

a recurring image that shapes the main idea and theme of a poem

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controlling image

Question 18

8 lined stanza

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octave

Question 19

a story written for the purpose of being performed by actors in front of an audience

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drama

Question 20

the voice or persona of the poem

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speaker

Question 21

a 14 lined lyric poem with an intricate meter and rhyme scheme

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sonnet

Question 22

comment said to a character or the audience that is not "heard" by other characters onstage

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aside

Question 23

a group of lines of poetry

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חדר, stanza, 房间, Собу

Question 24

the pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines of a poem

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rhyme scheme

Question 25

rules or methods

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conventions

Question 26

a clause that does not form a complete sentence

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subordinate clause

Question 27

occurs when words within a line rhyme

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internal rhyme

Question 28

the instructions that explain how the play is to be performed

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stage directions

Question 29

a group of two lines of poetry that rhyme

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couplet

Question 30

a type or category of literature

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genre

Question 31

the written text of a drama

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script

Question 32

a poem that expresses the feelings and ideas of a single speaker

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lyric poem

Question 33

consists of the word to plus a verb; functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb

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infinitive

Question 34

occurs when words almost rhyme, but not quite

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slant rhyme

Question 35

used to state a fact or ask a question

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indicative mood

Question 36

the literal, neutral definition of a word

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denotation

Question 37

a lighthearted drama that usually ends happily

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comedy

Question 38

a major division in the action of a play

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act

Question 39

poetry that doesn't have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme but copies the flow of natural speech

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free verse

Question 40

limits the meaning of the noun and is essential or necessary to the sentence

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restrictive clause

Question 41

a subdivision of an act

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scene

Question 42

created when a line of poetry runs to the next line without punctuation

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enjambment

Question 43

the musical quality created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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rhythm

Question 44

a group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb

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phrase

Question 45

an object, person, place or action that has both a literal and figurative meaning

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symbol

English u3 vocab

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English u3 vocab

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