I. Stems
unilateral
bilateral
trilateral
vicarious
monomania
malediction
anthropomorphic
amorphous
magnanimous
misanthropist
circumspect
incredulous
neophobia
pyrophobia
benephobia
xenophobia
specious
omnimania
adherent
polyglot
sinecure
analgesic
revoke
intercede
abrogate
recant
precluded
circumscribed
revoked
recanted
pedagogue
demagogue
resignagogue
sacrogogue
anomaly
loquacious
interceding
pugnacious
anomaly
egocentric
cacophony
diffident
pandemonium
tractable
inanimate
diffident
collateral
sanguinary
anthropoid
epigram
infidel
urbane
somnambulist
circumvent
pellucid
cognoscenti
primate
heliotropic
surfeit
syndrome
exculpate
narcolepsy
hemiplegia
introspective
vivacious
octogenarian
syndromatic
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1. The two nations formed a(n) _____________ agreement.
a.) unilateral b.) bilateral c.) trilateral d.) vicarious
2. Christians believe in a(n) _____________ god, which is depicted in most pictures of Jesus.
a.) monomania b.) malediction c.) anthropomorphic d.) amorphous
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known as a _____________ man, because he was a great minded leader.
a.) magnanimous b.) misanthropist c.) circumspect d.) incredulous
4. Do not develop ________________ just because there are foreign exchange students in the school.
a.) neophobia b.) pyrophobia c.) benephobia d.) xenophobia
5. Collecting stamps was a hobby that became a ______________.
a.) specious b.) omnimania c.) monomania d.) unilateral
6. The wine is preferred by the ________. a.) circumvent b.) pellucid c.) cognoscenti d.) primate
7. The plant needed a lot of sun, so its __________ vines grew toward the window.
a.) heliotropic b.) surfeit c.) syndrome d.) exculpate
8. Every morning, I had to awaken Cindy because she suffered from __________.
a.) narcolepsy b.) hemiplegia c.) introspective d.) vivacious
9. My grandmother is now a/an _____________, because she celebrated her 80th birthday.
a.) primate b.) pellucid c.) octogenarian d.) syndromatic
10. The _________ children where sent to alternative school because they always started physical conflicts in the hallway.
a.) anomaly b.) loquacious c.) interceding d.) pugnacious
II. "He" by: Katherine Anne Porter
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III. Literary Genres & Terms:
alliteration (uhlihturayshuhn) noun Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
couplet A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed.
dialogue (diiuhlawg) A conversation between two persons.
drama (dromuh) A play intended for performance by actors on a stage.
elegy (EHluhjee) A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.
epic (EHpihk) A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
fable (faybuhl) A story that teaches a moral lesson. This type of story often includes animals that can talk!
fiction (fihkshuhn) noun A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
figurative language Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
foreshadowing (fawrshadohihNG) The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand.
free verse a form of poetry that expresses an idea, a story or a feeling in a rhythmic form.
haiku (hiikoo) An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
hyperbole (hiipurbuhlee) noun Extravagant exaggeration.
idiom (ihdeeuhm) an expression which means something differently than it is written
imagery (ihmuhjree) The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader.
irony (iiruhnee) A contrast between expectation and reality
limerick (lihmurihk) A funny poem written with five lines. The first two lines and the last line all rhyme. The third and the fourth lines rhyme.
metaphor (mEHtuhfawr) noun A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
mood The feeling created by a piece of writing.
mystery (mihsturee) A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie.
myth (mihth) A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people.
non fiction Books that are based on real events.
novel (novuhl) noun,adjective A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story.
onomatopoeia noun Using words that imitate the sound they denote.
personification (pursonuhfuhkayshuhn) noun The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
plot storyline; has a beginning, a middle, and an end
poetry (pohuhtree) noun Literature in metrical form.
pun (puhn) Make a play on words.
rhyme (riim) Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
science fiction Stories about future life, other planets, and scientific ideas
setting (sEHtihNG) The time and location that a story takes place.
short story a short piece of writing which includes setting, character, climax, and plot
simile noun Comparing two things without the words "like" and "as"
sonnet (soniht) A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
stanza (stanzuh) A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
theme (theem) The major idea or message in a work of literature; a theme can be either an implicit or an explicit statement and often presents a broad truth about people, society, or the human condition; common literary themes often deal with the struggle of a person against society or against nature.
title (tiituhl) name of a story or book
tone (tohn) the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters, such as serious or humorous.
