English Trimester 1

Relevant

Connected with or related to the matter at hand.

Evolve

To develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

Sequel

A literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier

Nonentity

A person or thing of no importance

Antics

Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Annul

To reduce to nothing; to declare legally invalid or void

Collaborate

To work with; to work together

Facetious

Humorous, not meant seriously

Bantering

(v) To exchange playful remarks, tease (n) Talk that is playful and teasing

Venerated

To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Promontory

A high point of land extending into water

Deplore

To feel or express regret or disapproval

Laggard

(n) A person who moves slowly or falls behind
(adj.) Falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond.

Volatile

Highly changeable

Ample

More than enough, large, spacious

Amass

To bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself

Skittish

Extremely nervous and easily frightened

Prodigious

Immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Servile

Of or relating to a slave

Churlish

Lacking politeness or good manners

Ethical

Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong

Oblique

Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Muster

(v) To bring together for service or battle (n) A list of me for military service; a gathering, accumulation

Perturb

To trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion

Excerpt

A passage taken from a book, article, etc.

Unison

A sounding together; agreement of accord

Frugal

Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

Durable

Not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time

Qualm

A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

Jurisdiction

An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

Prewriting

Includes choosing a topic, identifying a purpose and audience, and collecting and organizing details.

Drafting

Involves expressing your collected ideas and details in complete sentences and paragraphs.

Revising

Requires carefully reading and rereading your writing to find and fix errors and weakness.

Editing and Proofreading

Evaluating your writing and making changes to improve it.

Publishing and Presenting

Sharing your final writing product with others

Allusion

A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.

Title

The name given to a literary work or document.

Author

The writer of a literary work or document.

Genre

A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, or technique.

Setting

The time and place of a literary work or document.

Plot

The series of related events that make up a story.

Exposition

The introduction or beginning of a work of fiction which tells who the characters are and usually what their conflict is.

Conflict

The struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.

External Conflict

A character's struggle with an outside force, which may be another character, society as a whole, or a natural force.

Internal Conflict

A struggle that takes place within a character's own mind, a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions.

Climax

The point in a story's plot that creates the greatest suspense or tension; the story's most exciting moment.

Resolution

The final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.

Suspense

The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen in the story.

Foreshadowing

The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

Flashback

Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.

Point of View

The vantage point from which a story is told.

Omniscient Point of View

A point of view in which the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems.

Third-Person Limited Point of View

A point of view in which the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one characters.

First-Person Point of View

A point of view in which one character, using the personal pronoun I, tells the story.

Character

A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work.

Characterization

The way a writer reveals the personality of a character.

Direct characterization

A method by which the writer reveals the personality of a character by simply telling the reader what kind of person the character is.

Indirect Characterization

A method by which the writer reveals the personality of a character through the character's appearance, thoughts, words, and actions, as well as what other characters think and say about him.

Protagonist

The main character in a work of literature.

Antagonist

The characters who opposes the protagonist.

Character Motivation

Any force that drives a character to behave in a certain way.

Static Character

A character who does not change much over the course of a literary work.

Dynamic Character

A character who changes as the result of a story's events.

Tone

The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience.

Mood

The overall atmosphere or feeling of a work of literature.

Style

The way a writer uses language, including diction, sentence structure, and tone.

Symbol

A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.

Theme

The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

Figure of Speech

A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true.

Simile

A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

Metaphor

An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as a if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

Imagery

Language that appeals to the scenes.

Idiom

An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.

Myth

A story that explains Something about the world and typically involves Gods or other supernatural forces.

Novel

A long fictional story, usually longer than one hundred book pages.

Fiction

A prose account that is made up rather than true.

Nonfiction

Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places.

Poetry

A kind of rhythmic compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.

Prose

Any writing that is not poetry.

Narrative

A piece of writing that tells a story.