The Golden Touch/ King Midas vocabulary
lackluster (TGT)
(adj.) of the hair or the eyes, not shining; dull
illustrative (TGT)
(adj.) serving as an example or explanation
lusterous (TGT)
(adj.) shiny; brilliant
burnished (TGT)
(adj.) shiny; polished to a shine
obdurate (KM)
(adj.) stubborn; unyielding
ore (KM)
(n.) any type of mineral, rock, or metal found in the earth
mail (KM)
(n.) flexible armor
duration
(n.) the time during which something continues
gilded (TGT)
(v.) covered in a thin layer of gold (adj.) golden
elucidate (TGT)
(v.) make (something) clear; explain
endure
(v.) suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently/ suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently
Couplet
2 line stanza
Tercet
3 line stanza
Quatrain
4 line stanza
Sestet
6 line stanza
Octave
8 line stanza
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
inciting incident
a pivotal event or situation, triggers the story's conflict
rhyme scheme
a regular pattern of end rhyme (identified by using letters, with one letter assigned to each rhyming sound; Ex: abba)
durable
adj.) able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard-wearing
latin root dur
hard, strong, or lasting
latin root lus (TGT)
light or shining
end rhyme
rhyming words at the end of lines
plots
sequence of related events that make up the action of the story
narrative structure
set up of the story including plot
foot
the basic unit of a meter, usually consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables
rising action
the central conflict begins and develops usually containing inciting incident
exposition
the characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced
resolution
the conflict ends and any remaining issues are settled
Enjambment
the continuation of a sentence past a line break; allows the poet to continue the flow of ideas and also maintain a metrical pattern
iamb
the most frequently used foot in American poetry; one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the end of words
climax
the story's conflict reaches its highest point of drama or tension
falling action
the tension in the story decreases, and the conflict moves toward resolution
exact rhyme
the use of identical sounds, as in love and dove
slant rhyme
the use of similar sounds that do not match perfectly, as in prove and glove