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6th ELA FINALS Study Guide Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Setting

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The time and place of a story

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Point of view

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The narrator’s position in the story

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First person POV

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The narrator is the main character

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Third person Limited POV

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The narrator isn’t a character and only knows the main character’s thoughts and feelings

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Third person omniscient POV

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The narrator isn’t a character and knows all the characters’ thoughts and feelings

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Character traits

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What a character is like on the inside

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Direct characterization

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The narrator directly describes a character

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INdirect characterization

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The character is described through text, feelings, and thoughts.

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Mood

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The reader’s feelings

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Tone

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The authors feelings

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Author’s Purpose

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The reason the book was written

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The 7 author’s purposes

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Entertain, Persuade, Recount, Instruct, Describe, Explain and Inform.

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Plot

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The events that make up a story

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Expostion

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The begining of the story that shows the characters, setting and mood

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Rising action

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Events that build tension and lead up to the climax

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Climax

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The most tense part of the story, the main character changes a bit.

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Falling action

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What happened as a result of the climax

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Resolution

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The ending of a story, isn’t always happy.

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Primary sources and examples

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Info about a topic from someone who witnessed it, diary/interview

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Secondary sources and examples

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Info about a topic from someone who didn’t witness it, newspaper/article

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C.U.P.S

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Capitals, correct Usage of tenses, Punctuation marks, Spelling.

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A.R.M.S.

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Add, Remove, Move, and Substitute words.

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Types of sentences

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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory

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Declarative meaning and example

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Gives info about something and ends with a period, “My cat loves me.”

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Imperative meaning and example

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Is an order and ends with a period, “Do your work.”

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Exclamatory meaning and example

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States something and ends with an exclamation mark, “I can’t wait to get my FNAF merch!”

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Interrogative meaning and example

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Asks a question and ends with a question mark “What are you doing?”

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Simple sentence meaning and example

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Has 1 subject and 1 predicate, “I have 2 cats.”

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Compound sentence

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2 independent clauses joined into 1 sentence, “I waited for my brother but Sharjeel was running behind to pick me up.”

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Adjective meaning and example

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Describes an noun, “Good.”

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Adverb

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Describes a verb, “Quickly”

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Common Noun

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A non-specific noun, “Cats”

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Proper noun

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A specific noun, “My cats, Soup and Mano”

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Central idea

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The main purpose of the text

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Supporting details

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Details that support the central idea

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Nonfiction Author’s purpose

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Persuade, Recount, Instruct, Describe, Explain, and Inform

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Persuade

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To persuade you to believe or do something

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Recount

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To tell you a true story about a person or event

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Instruct

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To teach you how to do something

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Describe

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To describe something

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Explain

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To make clear or explain something

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Inform

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To give you info about something or something that happened

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Key events

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The main events or plot points of the story

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Key individuals

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The main people of the story

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Key ideas

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The main morals or lessons of the story

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Comparisons

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Comparing 2 ideas, people, pr events in the story

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Analogies

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A literary device used to compare similarities between two unrelated things as a way to make a point through the comparison

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Categories

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A class or division of ideas

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Anecdotes

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A short or amusing story about a real thing

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Illustrations

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Explains something with a drawing from an artist not a camera

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Descriptions

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Give details about something and paints a mental picture

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Compare and contrast

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Explains how 2 things are alike and different

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Order and sequence

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Gives ideas in a chronological order

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Problem and solution

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Describes a problem and how to fix it

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Cause and effect

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What happened (cause) and the effects

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Preface

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An intro to a book written by the author

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Epilogue

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A comment at the end of the book from the author about the story

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Appendix

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A section at the end with additional matter, definitions and more

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Glossary

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A mini dictionary of the book’s unique words

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