Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Pre=AP Six Week Test and Vocabulary Preview

For the 6-weeks' test on any/everything we've covered this unit, you should know the meanings of the following literary terms, vocabulary words, etc.:

Literary Terms
  • Abbreviation
  • Alliteration
  • Allusion
  • Antithesis
  • Aphorism
  • Contraction
  • Colloquialism
  • Ekphrastic poetry
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Motto
  • Neologism
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Paradox
  • Parallelism
  • Personification
  • Portmanteau word
  • Simile
  • Slogan


Vocabulary
  • Antithetical
  • Blissfulness
  • Contentment
  • Futuristic
  • Impassionate
  • Irrational
  • Nostalgic
  • Objective
  • Quantitative
  • Sarcasm/Sarcastic
  • Wistful


You should also be familiar with the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes of Hamilton's Mythology.



And for those of you who've read this far, here are three answers to the crossword puzzle review that you probably don't know (omit the spaces):

20-Across: ROAD OF TRIALS
54-Across: CALL TO ADVENTURE
65-Across: SUPERNATURAL AID

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