Mastering English for Grade 12

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Shakespeare's Birthplace

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech comparing two unlike things

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Iambic Pentameter

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5 iambs per line, 10 syllables

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms appear together

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Sonnet

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14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements not meant literally

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Theme

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Central idea or message in a text

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Protagonist

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Main character in a story

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Irony

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Opposite of what is expected occurs