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| Anglo-Saxon lyrics | a lyric poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker |
| caesura | rythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for breath. |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllables |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables |
| elegy | a lyric poem mourning the lose of someone or something |
| kenning | two word poetic renaming of people, places, and things |
| epic | long narrative poem, sometimes developed orally, that celebrates the deeds of a legendary or heroic figure |
| legendary hero | larger than life character whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales |
| paraphrase | identify the key details in a passage and restate them in your own words (in order) |
| historical writing | tells the story of past events using evidence, such as documents from the period, that the writer has evaluated for reliability |
| direct characterization | presents direct statements about a character |
| indirect characterization | uses actions, thoughts, and dialogue to reveal a character's personality |
| fable | brief tale that points out a moral truth (points out moral truth) (usually features animal characters) |
| context clues | words, phrases in the surrounding passages that shed light on a word |
| archetypal narrative element | basic storytelling patterns found in folk literature around the world |
| medieval romance | adventure stories featuring kings, knights and damsels in distress; tell of quests, battles and doomed love |
| legends | anonymous traditional stories about the past often beginning in the oral tradition |
| summarize | identify and restate very briefly the main ideas in your own words (not necessarily in order) |
| letter | addresses a specific person or group and is meant to be read within a specific time |
| folk ballad | narrative poem intended to be sung and is without a known author |
| primary sources | documents from the past that report or indicate events or values of the time |
| dialect | form of a language, spoken by people in a particular region or group |
| compound predicate | has two or more verbs or verb phrases that relate to the same subject |
| appositve | noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it |
| appositive phrase | appositive with modifiers |
| compound sentence | sentence with two or more independent clauses that can each stand alone as a sentence |
| (verb's) past tense | verb form showing an action or a condition that began and ended in the past |
| (verb's) past perfect tense | indicates an action or condition that ended before another past action began |
| pronoun objective case | "me, him, her, us, them, whom" are used for direct and indirect objects and for objects of prepositions |
| (modifer's) comparative form | modifier compares one thing with another (usually ending in -er) |
| (modifier's) superlative form | compares more than two things (large, larger, largest) |
| direct address | the use of a person's name or title or a descriptive phrase refering to the person when the speaker directly addresses somone |
| Anglo-Saxon lyric rhythm | lines with regular rhythms, usually with four strong beats |
| breaking down sentences | identifying the main action and then the details (who did what) |
| characterization | techniques of revealing character |
| social commentary | writing that offers insight into society, its values, and its customs |
| analyze difficult sentences | use the questions "when, who, where, what, and how" to identify the essential information each conveys |
| pronoun nominative case | "I, he, she, we, they, who" - are used for subjects and subject complements |
| exemplum | anecdote or brief story |
| rereading | can clarify characters' identities, the sequence or causes of events, and even puzzling language |
| parody | humorous imitation of another work or type of work |
| mock-heroic style | to create a parody (humorous imitation) of epic style |
| nominative pronoun "who" | used as the subject of a clause |
| objective pronoun "whom" | used for objects in a clause |
| interior monologue | character speaks only to himself to reveal thoughts and feelings |
| irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
