Definitions. 11th Grade English
1. rhyme [1] (noun) [Middle English rime, from Old French] First appeared 13th Century 1 a (1) : rhyming verse (2) : POETRY b : a composition in verse that rhymes
2. stand [2] (noun) First appeared 1592 1 : an act of stopping or staying in one place.
3. po*et*ry (noun) First appeared 14th Century 1 a : metrical writing : VERSE b : the productions of a poet : POEMS
4. flash*back (noun) First appeared 1903 1 : a recession of flame to an unwanted position (as into a blowpipe)
5. bal*lad (noun) [Middle English balade ballade, song, from Middle French, from Old Provencal balada dance, song sung while dancing, from balar to dance, from Late Latin ballare] First appeared 14th Century 1 a : a narrative composition in rhythmic verse suitable for singing b : an art song accompanying a traditional ballad
6. blank verse (noun) First appeared 1588 : unrhymed verse; specifically : unrhymed iambic pentameter verse
7. di*a*lect (noun) often attributive [Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse — more at DIALOGUE] First appeared 1577 1 a : a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
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8. fa*ble [1] (noun) [Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fabula conversation, story, play, from fari to speak — more at BAN] First appeared 14th Century : a fictitious narrative or statement: as a : a legendary story of supernatural happenings
9. al*lit*er*a*tion (noun) [ad- + Latin littera letter] First appeared circa 1656 : the repetition of usu. initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) — called also head rhyme, initial rhyme
10. al*lu*sion (noun) [Late Latin allusion-, allusio, from Latin alludere] First appeared 1548 1 : an implied or indirect reference esp. in literature; also : the use of such references
11. at*mo*sphere (noun) [New Latin atmosphaera, from Greek atmos vapor + Latin sphaera sphere] First appeared 1677 5 a : the overall aesthetic effect of a work of art
12. au*to*bi*og*ra*phy (noun) First appeared 1771 : the biography of a person narrated by himself
13. bi*og*ra*phy (noun), plural -phies [Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy] First appeared 1683 1 : a usu. written history of a person’s life
14. con*flict [1] (noun) [Middle English, from Latin conflictus active of striking together, from confligere to strike together, from com- + fligere to strike — more at PROFLIGATE] First appeared 15th Century 2 a : competitive or opposing action of incompatibles : antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons)
15. con*no*ta*tion (noun) First appeared 1532 1 a : the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes
16. de*no*ta*tion (noun) First appeared circa 1532
2 : MEANING; especially : a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
17. de*scrip*tion (noun) [Middle English descripcioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French description, from Latin description-, descriptio, from describere] First appeared 14th Century 1 a : an act of describing; specifically : discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced
18. fan*ta*sy [1] (noun), plural -sies [Middle English fantasie — more at FANCY] First appeared 14th Century 1 obsolete : HALLUCINATION
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19. fic*tion (noun) [Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio active of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at DOUGH] First appeared 14th Century 1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically : an invented story
20. figure of speech First appeared 1824 : a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener.
21. folk*tale (noun) First appeared 1852 : a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.
22. fore*shad*ow (verb transitive) First appeared 1577 : to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : PREFIGURE — fore*shad*ow*er (noun)
23. free verse (noun) First appeared 1908 : verse whose meter is irregular in some respect or whose rhythm is not metrical
24. in*ver*sion (noun) First appeared 1586 1 : a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship: as a (1) : a change in normal word order; especially : the placement of a verb before its subject
25. iro*ny (noun), plural -nies [Latin ironia, from Greek eironia, from eiron dissembler] First appeared 1502 1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning — called also Socratic irony
26. meta*mor*pho*sis (noun), plural -pho*ses [Latin, from Greek metamorphosis, from metamorphoun to transform, from meta- + morphe form] First appeared 1533 1 a : change of physical form, structure, or substance esp. by supernatural means.
27. myth (noun) [Greek mythos] First appeared 1830 1 a : a usu. traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
28. non*fic*tion (noun) First appeared 1909 : literature that is not fictional — non*fic*tion*al (adjective)
29. novel [2] (noun) [Italian novella] First appeared 1639 1 : an invented prose narrative that is usu. long and complex and deals esp. with human experience through a usu. connected sequence of events
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30. paraphrase [2] (verb) -phrased; -phras*ing verb intransitive First appeared 1596 : to make a paraphrase verb transitive : to make a paraphrase of
31. plot [1] (noun) [Middle English, from Old English] First appeared before 12th Century 3 : the plan or main story of a literary work
32. pro*tag*o*nist (noun) [Greek protagonistes, from prot- prot- + agonistes competitor at games, actor, from agonizesthai to compete, from agon contest, competition at games — more at AGONY] First appeared 1671 1 a : the principal character in a literary work (as a drama or story)
33. pun [1] (noun) [perhaps from Italian puntiglio fine point, quibble — more at PUNCTILIO] First appeared 1662 : the usu. humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound
34. refrain [2] (noun) [Middle English refreyn, from Middle French refrain, from refraindre, refreindre to resound, from Latin refringere to break up] First appeared 14th Century : a regularly recurring phrase or verse esp. at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song : CHORUS; also : the musical setting of a refrain
35. rhythm (noun) [Middle French & Latin; Middle French rhythme, from Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhythmos, probably from rhein to flow — more at STREAM] First appeared 1560 1 a : an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech
36. science fiction (noun) First appeared 1851 : fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
37. set*ting (noun) First appeared 14th Century 3 a : the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops
38. short story (noun) First appeared 1877 : an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usu. dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot
39. speak*er (noun) First appeared 14th Century 1 a : one that speaks; especially : one who uses a language
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40. sus*pense (noun) [Middle English, from Middle French, from suspendre] First appeared 15th Century 2 a : mental uncertainty : ANXIETY b : pleasant excitement as to a decision or outcome
41. tone [1] (noun) [Middle English, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, active of stretching; akin to Greek teinein to stretch — more at THIN] First appeared 14th Century 1 : vocal or musical sound of a specific quality
