1. Term #10: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Definition: An account of the writer’s own life.
Example: Autobiographical Narrative Essay
Memorization Tip: You can AUTOmatically talk about yourself which is what you do in this type of writing.

2. Term # 11: BALLAD Definition: a song that tells a story
Example: Taylor Swift – Love Story
Memorization Tip: Think BALL – Cinderella went to a ball…Cinderella is a story. A ballad is a SONG that tells a story.

3. Term # 12: BIOGRAPHY
Definition: An account of a person’s life written or told by another person.
Example: Oprah’s biography.
Memorization Tip:
BIO = Life
Someone’s life story.

4. Language Activity #4 Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word.
disciplinarian
Infantile
Find the denotation of the following words:
Carp
Assertive

5. Term #13: BLANK VERSE Definition: An unrhymed verse. Example:
Sweet pet by day, hunter by night.
She sleeps, she eats, she plays. 
Better watch, she’ll pounce!
My feet, caught in white paws.
Memorization Tip: Blank = nothing required

6. 14. CHARACTER PERSON IN A STORY, POEM, OR PLAY
STATIC = doesn’t change, static on TV
DYNAMIC = Dynamite! Explosion! Changes!
FLAT = 1-2 traits, FLAT…NOT MUCH
ROUND = Like a REAL PERSON, has many traits

7. 15. CLIMAX
CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!! (highest point in the story)

8. 16. COMEDY NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY.
THINK about smiling after something funny,
think smiling because you’re happy…
HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

9. 17. COMIC RELIEF
FINDING NEMO = when things get serious, Dory makes a joke to provide COMIC RELIEF 

10. 18. CONFLICT Conflict rhymes with convict
Imagine if a convict moved in with you…how would that cause CONFLICT. He steals your toothbrush! And your cereal?!?!?!? And dates your mom!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!

11. 19. CONNOTATION Connotation Think nation
What do people think or feel about America?

12. 20. COUPLET 2 Lines that Rhyme = a Couple 
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

13. 21. DESCRIPTION
Author DESCRIBES as if you, the reader, were there!!!

14. 22. DIALECT
DIAL the telephone = hear people talking = people talking from different areas.
Huntington Beach: Hey dude, what’s up bro.
Southern: Ain’t your mama ever taught you nothin?
Louisiana: New Orleans = Nawlins

15. 23. DIALOGUE Conversation between 2 + people
Ms. Tran: Will you guys please study for the CSTs?
Class: Of course! Whatever you wish, Ms. Tran! I appreciate all of your hard work and time put into helping us study so hard! You’re the best ever!
Ms. Tran: I love you, period __.

16. 24.DICTION Think DICTIONary….what do you find? WORDS!!!!
Writer’s choice of WORDS!!!

17. 25. DRAMA Story meant to be acted for an audience.
We are reading Romeo and Juliet, but it is supposed to be seen as a play.

18. 26. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE Poem “From Mother to Son”
Mother speaks to son through the poem
Poem is directed to the son
The son = silent listener (never says anything)

19. 27. EPIC EPIC!!! WOW!!! LONG STORY!!! (about great deeds of a hero)
ODYSSEY = GREEK HERO ODYSSEUS’ QUEST

20. 28. EPITHET Think Epithet – het- HAT Abraham Lincoln wore a top HAT
“Honest Abe” –descriptive phrase for him.

21. 29. ESSAY YOU WRITE THESE IN CLASS! PERSONAL = free write, informal
*quick writes, casual responses, journals
FORMAL = serious, academic language
*literary analysis, response to literature, etc.

22. 30.EXPOSITION EXPO = EXPLAIN = Writing in which you explain
Example: a cook book recipe tells you how to cook something
Exposition in plot = Basic Situation

23. 31. FABLE
A SHORT STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL OR PRACTICAL LESSON ABOUT LIFE
The boy who cried wolf fibbed (lied).
Think FIB – FAB. FABLE!!

24. 32. FIGURE OF $PEECH
Language that is not meant to be understood on a literal level
“Go figure!”  don’t literally go and figure out the issue and solve problems.
“It cost me an arm and a leg…” $$$$
Worse comes to worst…

25. 33. FLASHBACK A camera FLASHES.
Its pictures bring us BACK to past memories.

26. 34. FLASH-FORWARD
Forward = FUTURE!

27. 35. FOIL
Foil shines.
A foil character helps to make the main character SHINE.
Batman = dark, mysterious, silent, strong
Robin = small, obnoxious, funny

28. 36. FOLK TALE
Tale = told
Stories that are passed down through word-of-mouth

29. 37. FORESHADOWING
CLUES
HINTS

30. 38. FREE VERSE
You’re FREE to do what you want. WRITE what you want. You still have natural rhythm, but no rules are applied.

31. 39. GENRE
A category of literature
Just remember this…

32. 40. HAIKU Japanese verse consisting of 3 lines.
HAIKU has 5 letters. It starts with 5 syllables.
KU rhymes with two. Add two, the next line has 7 syllables.
End back at 5 syllables.

33. 41.. HYPERBOLE He was as HYPER as the Tasmanian Devil.
This bowl is SO hyper!!!!
Think exaggeration for comic effect.

34. 42. IAMBIC PENTAMETER A line of poetry that contains 5 iambs.
An iamb is a unit of measure for specific poetry.
When you read a line of this poetry, the syllables are UNSTRESSED then STRESSED.
but SOFT! what LIGHT through YON der WIN dow BREAKS.
U / U / U / U / U /
Unstressed STRESSED pattern 5 times in a line = iambic pentameter

35. 43. IDIOM Think IDIOM = IDIOT “That idiot was as dumb as a door knob.”
Expressions that are peculiar…

36. 44. IMAGERY Language that appeals to the 5 senses.
CREATES IMAGES IN YOUR MIND.

37. 45. INVERSION A VERSION of the writer’s word order.
They write however they want for THEIR purpose or to create a certain effect.
THINK YODA!
Hungry I am.
Wonderful Ms. Tran is.
Scholars you are. 

38. 46. IRONY
Contrast between expectations and reality. There are 3 kinds.
VERBAL IRONY: VERBAL = SPOKEN WORDS
SITUATIONAL IRONY: You’re in situations that you wouldn’t expect would happen.
DRAMATIC IRONY: You’re sitting in a theater watching a dramatic movie and you know what happens when the characters don’t.

39. 47. LYRIC POETRY
Think lyrics from a song. This poetry is musical and emotional.
The writer of a lyric poem uses words that express his state of mind, his perceptions, or his feelings.   
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

40. 48. METAPHOR
A comparison FOR 2 unlike things without the words like, than, as, or resembles.
THINK ABOUT THIS MATH EQUATION:
METAPHOR (4)
TWO (2) = 2 unlike things being compared

41. 49. METER Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Ways people read poetry –they emphasize certain syllables
Think meter …measure…way to measure syllables.

42. 50. MOOD
Think moody = Feeling something?
The feeling a story evokes!

43. 51. MYTH Story based in a particular culture.
Think mythical creatures.
Think Lochness monster!
Think Big Foot!
Think werewolves!

44. 52. NARRATION A type of writing where the speaker tells what happens.
Think narrator who tells a story.

45. 53. NARRATOR Voice telling a story/ Point of view. 1st person
Omniscient
Third person limited

46. 54. Non-Fiction
Writing that deals with real people, real things, real events, and real places.
Think NON-FICTION
NOT-FAKE

47. 55. NOVEL
Fictional prose narrative usually consisting of more than 50,000 words.
WHAT A NOVELTY! HOW GRAND! WHAT A LONG STORY!

48. 56. ONOMATOPOEIA
ONO = AWW NO!!!
SOUNDS. SOUNDS. SOUNDS!!!

49. 57. PARADOX PARA= not normal, strange, wondering
“The Gift of the Magi” – Della and Jim are the richest couple on earth. (rich in love but not in money)
Nobody goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded.
Don't go near the water until you've learned to swim.
The man who wrote such a stupid sentence cannot write at all.
If you get this message, call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it.

50. 58. PARALLELISM
Repetition of words or phrases or sentences that have the same GRAMMATICAL structure
“I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius Caesar

51. 59. PERSONA Mask or voice assumed by the writer
The author takes on another PERSON’s view point

52. 60. Personification
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
PERSON = HUMAN
You are making something nonhuman HUMAN.
The wind whispers.

53. 61. Plot Series of related events that make up a story or drama.
Plot = think of a chain. All of these events link together.

54. 62. Poetry
KEY WORDS: rhythmic, uses figurative language and imagery to appeal to a reader’s emotions and imagination.
Ex. Legal Alien
“A handy token sliding back and forth between the fringes of both worlds.”

55. 63. POINT OF VIEW
Omniscient = all-knowing (OMMMM = sounds like a prayer…God-Like…knows everything!)
1st person = 1st person pronoun “I” (Think 1 looks like I)
3rd person = Third person pronouns He, she, they, it
(Number 3 rhymes with HE, SHE)
Vantage POINT = POINT of VIEW

56. 64.PROTAGONIST Main character
PRO = YES the character you are rooting for.

57. 65. PUN Play on multiple meanings of words.
Pun rhymes with FUN. Think funny jokes.
How do you make a tissue dance?
You put a BOOGIE in it.
Boogie – Booger Boogie – Dance

58. 66. REFRAIN Repeated words. “Hey, hey, HEY.”
This phrase is repeated throughout
his song.
Think REfrain = REpeat

59. 67. RHYME Repetition of sounds that are similar.
End rhyme = rhyme at the END of the line
Ms. Tran’s scholars will score 858,
This will make our school so great.
Internal rhyme = rhyme INSIDE the line
Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered
weak and weary

60. 68. RYTHYM
Think rhythm, think music. MUSICAL QUALITY in language.

61. 69. SATIRE SATIRE – PUT SOMETHING UNDER FIRE (“put on blast”)
Making fun of something 

62. 70. SCENE DESIGN SCENE in a PLAY.
What sets, lights, costumes, and props do they use?

63. 71. Setting Where a story is SET. The real HOMS 
“windows that can’t breathe”
“swollen door”

64. 72. SHORT STORY
LOOK FOR THE WORD SHORT in the answer choices, and you’ve got the right answer. You’re welcome.

65. 73. SIMILE
A comparison between 2 unlike things USING the words like, as, than, or resembles.
My scholars are as bright as the sun.

66. 74. SOLILOQUY LONG speech given by a character alone by themselves.
SOLO = alone
SOLOlilquy…

67. 75. SONNET Think of a woman who had 14 sons.
She wrote a 14 line poem about how she had a net of sons.

68. 76. SPEAKER Voice talking to us in a poem.
You hear a voice over the SPEAKER.
“Legal Alien” = voice of a Mexican American who is lost in her culture.

69. 77. STANZA
GROUP OF CONSECUTIVE LINES IN A POEM THAT FORM A SINGLE UNIT.
Think STANZA, STANDS ALONE
The chunks of a poem.

70. 78. STYLE PARTICULAR WAY AN AUTHOR USES LANGUAGE.
Just like YOU have a fashion style to wear clothes your way, authors use language in different ways to create style.
Edgar Allan Poe = scary, moody, emotional, twisted = represented through his repetition and varies short and long sentences.

71. 79. SUSPENSE ANXIETY the reader feels about the reading.
SUSPENSE…what events will COMMENCE?!
Someone thinks you’re a suspect for a murder..you get NERVOUS...you get ANXIETY!!

72. 80. SYMBOL
SYMBOL is SOMETHING that STANDS for SOMETHING

73. 81. TALL TALE That mountain is SO tall and SO far.
A tale that is exaggerated and far-fetched (unbelievable).
Paul Bunyan : giant, tall lumberjack

74. 82. THEME CENTRAL IDEA OF A WORK. Usually a phrase *Love conquers all.
*War tears people apart.

75. 83. TONE Attitude a writer has towards a subject.
Think of your mother saying, “WATCH THAT TONE OF VOICE YOUNG LADY…”

76. 84. TRAGEDY
UNHAPPY ENDING
OPPOSITE OF COMEDY.

77. 85. VOICE Distinctive use of language in a text.
The speaker may be a mother and her voice is motherly, nurturing, caring, and loving.
The author uses specific words (language) to create the character of the mother.
“Honey…” “M’am”

78. Term # 86. ARGUMENT
Definition: a series of statements in a text designed to convince us of something
Example:
Persuasive Essay – you argue your opinion
Memorization Tip: You get into an arGUMent with your teacher on why you should be able to chew GUM in class.

79. 87. CAUSE and EFFECT HOW and WHY one thing leads to another.
Do not study for the test  Poor score on the test
Bad attitude in class  Parent conference
Be rude and disrespectful in class  Receive a referral
Drop out of high school  Earn minimum wage

80. 88.CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER TIME ORDER. CHRO CHROME… CHROME watches
Watches tell time..

81. 89. CLAIM CLAIM = OPINION CLAIM rhymes with LAME
My opinion is that dogs are lame.

82. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

83. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

84. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

85. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

86. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

87. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

88. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

89. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

90. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

91. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

92. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

93. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

94. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

95. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

96. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

97. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

98. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

99. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

100. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

101. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

102. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

103. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

104. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

105. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

106. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

107. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

108. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

109. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

110. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

111. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

112. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

113. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

114. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

115. ALLEGORY
SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)
ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)