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| 15433486453 | FER | bring, bear Ex: infer, refer, conifer | 0 | |
| 15433486454 | JECT | throw Ex: eject, reject, interject | 1 | |
| 15433495576 | NAIS, NASC, NAT | to be born Ex: innate, neonatal, cognate | 2 | |
| 15433514438 | PAC | peace Ex: pacify, pacifist | 3 | |
| 15433520298 | PYR | fire Ex: pyromania, pyrotechnic | 4 | |
| 15433533687 | THE, THEO | god Ex: theology, theocracy, theocentric | 5 | |
| 15433543687 | VEN | come Ex: intervene, convention | 6 | |
| 15433547677 | VERT, VERS | turn Ex: retroversion, extrovert | 7 | |
| 15433551513 | VIS, VID | see Ex: vision, video | 8 | |
| 15433563415 | ZO | animal Ex: zoology, zoological | 9 | |
| 15433572336 | TRANS- | across Ex: transmit, transport | 10 | |
| 15433577516 | INTER- | between Ex: intermolecular, international, interracial | 11 | |
| 15433581787 | -ICS | nature of, like Ex: antics, psychophysics, biostatistics | 12 | |
| 15433581788 | -Y | inclined to, tend to Ex: trendy, spendy | 13 | |
| 15433594212 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines Ex: So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania... |  | 14 |
| 15433594213 | Beat | Normally in scripts, the smallest unit of action with a beginning, a middle, and an end Ex: The rhythmic noise played on a drum |  | 15 |
| 15433594214 | Canto | One of the major divisions of a long poem Ex: The Faerie Queene (by Edmund Spenser) "The Patron of true Holinesse,FouleErrour doth defeate:Hypocrisie him to entrappe,Doth to his home entreate.Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine,Y clad in mightiearmes and suluershielde,Wherein old dints of deepe wounds did remaine,The cruellmarkes of many' a bloudyfielde;Yet armes till that time did he neuer wield;His angry steede did chike his foming bitt,As much disdaining to the curbe to yield." |  | 16 |
| 15433598001 | Climax | The highest point of conflict in a narrative Ex: In Homer's The Odyssey, the climax is when Odysseus passes the test of stringing the bow and stands before the suitors ready to attack. This climatic moment transitions into the falling action where Odysseus regains his kingdom. |  | 17 |
| 15433598002 | Exposition | The introduction of background setting, characters, and plot to an audience Ex: In Star Wars, the film begins with scrolling text that explains previous events. This helps us to understand the background before we meet Luke Skywalker, the main character. The exposition continues as we learn that Luke lives with his uncle, his father is dead, and he doesn't enjoy life on a farm. When he purchases two droids and views a message about a princess in danger, the action begins to rise. | | 18 |
| 15433612344 | Prose | A form of language that has no formal metrical system Ex: 1984 (By George Orwell) "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." |  | 19 |
| 15433612345 | Pun | A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced Ex: Santa Claus' helpers are known as subordinate Clauses. |  | 20 |
| 15433616938 | Refrain | A regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza Ex: When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day. |  | 21 |
| 15433622204 | Soliloquy | Speech device in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts in characters Ex: Doctor Faustus (By Christopher Marlow) "Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man" |  | 22 |
| 15433632573 | Stanza | A group of lines forming a division of a poem Ex: Octave - Stanzas with eight lines that may or may not rhymeWhen I consider how my light is spentEre half my days in this dark world and wide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent..."Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent...- "Sonnet 16," John Milton |  | 23 |
