11Th Grade English Definitions

11Th Grade English Definitions

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

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...