English 9 Vocabulary Semester 1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
personal feelings, attitudes, and opinions
many sided, we know a lot about the way they act and why
stereotyped, small and one-dimensional
never-changing, doesn't change by the end of the story
character is different at the end, learned and changed as a result of the conflict
usually a lyric poem on death or some other somber subject
the leaving out of a word or passage in a text, indicated by spaced periods
a spoken or written praise, particularly the praise of a person who has died
literature based on a highly humorous and highly improbably plot
two words that are spelled alike, sound alike, but have different meanings, i.e.,grave,bear; two words that sound alike,night,knight, but are spelled differently
Latin abbreviation for"that is"
the officially recognized or chief poet of a nation
literary writing not marked by rhyme or meter
the art of persuasion by speech or writing
pattern of rhyme in a stanza
a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of ahuman vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting or changing the way things are
a judgment based on only one aspect of a person's character
a group of three related works
the native language of any particular place
the entry that results when citing or quoting an authority or resource; a quotation
an original and authoritative document pertaining to an event or subject of inquiry;a firsthand eyewitness account, i.e. an autobiography
Any document that describes and event, person,place, or thing,. not created contemporaneously, i.e. a biography
a word formed from the initial letters of words in a phrase, i.e., NASA
a set of initials representing a name or organization, with each letter pronounced separately,i.e., FBLA
characters and often parts of the narrative usually represent moral values, i.e. Lord of the Flies
a partial similarity, as the computer is like the brain, or in reasoning, the inference that if things are similar in known ways, they are probably similar in other ways, i.e., petal:flower::leaf:tree
away from
both,around
to hear
book
go,yield,surrender
around, in a circle
circle, wheel
people
speak
power
rebellious
hate or disgust
all-powerful
disrespect for something sacred
to take for granted
dishonor, public shame
greedy
information,ideas,or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movemen, institution,nation,etc.
relating to a political regime based on subordination of an individual and strict control of all aspects of life by coercive measures
form of government where everyone is supposed to be equal
form of government when one person has complete control
showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions
deeply respectful
absence of emotion
deeply earnest, serious
to speak or write in favor of