1. COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT VOCABULARY

2. ALLUSION A reference to something outside the work you are reading, watching, etc. Ex: Cain and Abel story mentioned in Beowulf Missed by 28%

3. ENJAMBMENT The continuation of a line of poetry without the use of punctuation at the end of a line. Missed by 72%

4. ANACHRONISM Something that is not in its proper timeframe. Ex: A wristwatch in the play Julius Caesar Missed by 70%

5. EXEMPLUM A story with a moral or lesson Ex: Three Little Pigs Missed by 66%

6. CAESURA Poetic device of inserting a pause in the middle of a line Missed by 64%

7. FOIL Character who serves as a contrast to another character 64% missed

8. ARCHETYPE A character, setting, plot or other story element that has occurred in many stories over the course of time. Missed by 64%

9. KENNING An Old English poetic technique of using two words to create a metaphor. EX: Whale-road means ocean. Missed by 57%

10. ANGLO-SAXON A Germanic tribe that populated England in the early centuries A.D. Missed by 57%

11. FATE The idea that key events in the future are predetermined and cannot be changed. Missed by 53%

12. MOTIF A recurring subject, idea, or element in a literary work. Missed by 53%

13. JUXTAPOSITION Arranging two ideas side by side for the purpose of contrasting them. Missed by 53%

14. EPIC HERO Character who fulfills the qualities admired in his/her culture.

15. FORESHADOWING A suggestion of what might happen later in work

16. POINT OF VIEW The perspective from which a story is told.

17. ROMANTICISM Literary period that emphasized emotions, beauty, and nature.

18. ENLIGHTENMENT Literary period that emphasized the development of scientific and philosophical knowledge.

19. MEDIEVAL Historical period that emphasized chivalry, courtly love, and saw little scientific advancement.

20. SATIRE Type of writing that exposes faults through the use of humor.

21. GOTHIC Type of writing that emphasizes the darker elements of romanticism

22. RENAISSANCE Literary period that brought back the Greek classics and produced many new and important works.

23. TONE An artist’s attitude toward his work.

24. PLOT A series of related events

25. PROTAGONIST Main character, often but always the “good guy”

26. THEME The central message of a work Mr. Walter does not accept a moral as a theme.

27. SYMBOL Something that stands for something else.

28. SONNET A fourteen line poem with a formal rhyme scheme