Modernism vocab

Modernism is associated with the time period

• 1880-1950

• 1790-1850

• 1910-1960

• 1970-2000

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

What does the term 'imagery' mean?

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Symbolism refers to

• code-breaking

• mathematical notation

• using objects to represent ideas

• abstract words

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

__________ is the belief that the world is purposeless and chaotic

• cronyism

• nihilism

• Rastafarianism

• absurdism

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

These terms refer to a) the meaning of words and b) how they are arranged in writing

• peanut butter, jelly

• diction, syntax

• praxis, antithesis

• lexical, topographical

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Writing that mimics the random, uninterrupted flow of human thoughts is called

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Poetry that lacks a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm is called

• free verse

• blank verse

• stanzas

• Romantic

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

This term, which comes from French, means 'innovative, ahead of its time'

• les escargots

• en route

• avant-garde

• en garde

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In a literary work, a reference to another literary or artistic work, historical event or cultural knowledge is called

• confusion

• illusion

• trope

• allusion

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

This artistic and literary movement was fascinated with dream states, the subconscious mind and the irrational

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D