Study Guide for Exam Part I

7TH GRADE VOCABULARY LIST
for FINAL EXAM

1. hue = color, shade, or tint

2. subside = to lessen, sink, or descend

3. ephemeral = lasting a short time; fleeting, evanescent

4. culpable = guilty

5. gallant= brave, chivalrous

6. aloof = the state of being distant or uninterested

7. cunning = skilled or scheming in a sly manner

8. apprehensive = fearful, nervous, uneasy

9. defiance = resistance to authority

10. ceaseless= unrelenting, never ending

11. plaintively = sorrowfully, with melancholy

12. strenuous= vigorous, active

13. avarice = greed

14. unsubstantial = lacking substance, strength, value

15. obscured = hidden, shrouded, covered


Literary Devices/ Terms
16. allusion = reference to a piece of literature, art or music  

17. paradox = a statement that is seemingly contradictory, yet is also perhaps true. Or a statement that seems true but is ultimately false or an impossibility

18. couplet = two successive lines of a poem ending in rhyme

19. parable= a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson

20. irony= the use of words usually meaning the opposite or of the literal meaning or the opposite of what was expected.

21. dramatic irony= a plot device in literature or theatre in which the audience’s or reader’s knowledge of the events surpasses that of the characters.

22. juxtaposition= the act of placing two or more things side by side, especially to show irony or contrast

23. metaphor= a comparison of two unlike nouns without using like or as

24. simile= a comparison of two unlike nouns using like or as

25. hyperbole = an exaggeration

26. foreshadowing = language hinting at future events



GRAMMAR:

Be prepared to identify the parts of speech below in a sentence.  In a separate section, you will need to identify subject, verb, direct object and indirect object.

1. noun: person, place, thing, idea: Timing is everything in comedy.

2. pronoun: replaces a noun (subject ); I, he, she, it, we, they; replaces a noun (object) me, him, her, it, us, them; replaces a noun (possessive) my, his, her, its, our, their

3. verb: shows an action (The leaves fluttered off the tree) or a state of being (The yellow leaves are glorious.)

4. adjective= modifies the noun: I like Italian pasta . I am happy now.  

5. adverb= modifies verb, adjective or adverb. – commonly has the –ly suffix other soon, very, always, too, fast, really

6. preposition= shows position in time/space: about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, with, in to

7. interjection = inserted words to show emotion – these are fun. What?! NO! Rad! Cheers! Amazing! etc.

8. conjunction=used to connect words or a group of words: , while either, although, because PLUS FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)