Thursday, September 15, 2011

Freshman/Senior Vocabulary Unit 1

Freshmen Don Quixote Vocabulary Unit:
Define the following words by Friday, September 16th. You will have a quiz on these words on Monday, September 19th.
Knight-errant
Buckler
Lance
Morion
Enmity
Doughty
Prostrate
Retinue
Alight
Bridling
Parlous
Draught
Puissant
Choler
Caitiff
Brevity
Relish
Redound
Accoutrement
Flageolet

Senior A Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary Unit:
Define these words by Friday, September 16th. You will have a quiz on these words on Monday, September 19th.

Abominable
Auspicious
Acquitted
Trepidation
ncommodious
Incorrigible
Incumbent
Insolent
Malady
Magnanimous
Illustrious
Impassive
Sultry
Sublime
Turnkey
Ignobly
Obstinacy
Reversionary
Quartering
Laconic

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Senior Literary Devices

Motif
Allegory

Allusion

Mood

Foreshadowing

Hyperbole

Imagery

Syllepsis

Alliteration

Aphorism

Paradox

Malapropism

Stream of Consciousness

Foil

Flashback

Anastrophe

Chiasmus

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Freshman Literary Elements and Devices

--Freshman Literary Elements and Devices--
These are to be defined

Literary Elements
1. The Dramatic Structure
2. Mood
3. Point of View
A. First person
B. Third person limited
C. Third person omniscient
4. Protagonist
5. Antagonist
6. Dynamic Character
7. Static Character
8. Tragic Hero
9. Antihero
10. Setting
11. Theme
12. Plot

Literary Devices
1. Irony
A. Dramatic
B. Situational
C. Verbal
2. Simile
3. Metaphor
4. Personification
5. Onomatopoeia
6. Oxymoron