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7th Grade English Final Exam Flashcards

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Asset (n)

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All of a person’s’ money and property

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Extensive (adj)

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Large in amount; extending over a great area

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Foul (adj)

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Disgusting in looks, taste, and smell

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Frantic (adj)

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Wild with fear or anxiety; marked by wild, hurried activity

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Murky (adj)

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Very dark of gloomy; not clear

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Allegiance (n)

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Loyalty and obedience, especially to one’s country or government

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Anesthetic (n)

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A substance that causes temporary loss of feeling in the body

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Appendage (n)

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A projecting a part of the body, especially an arm or leg

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Ascend (v)

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To go up or climb

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Descend (v)

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To move or fall downward

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Upstanding (adj)

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Honest; respectable

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Cherish (v)

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To hold dear to one’s heart

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Envy (n)

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A painful feeling of wanting something belonging someone else

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Excruciating (adj)

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Intensely painful

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Extremities (n)

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The end parts of the limbs to the body

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Immortal (adj)

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Living or lasting forever

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Precise (adj)

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Very exact

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Protrude (v)

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To stick out

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Awe (n)

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A feeling of mixed respect, wonder, and amazement

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Exhale (v)

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To breathe out

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Reiterate (v)

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To say over or repeatedly

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Relocate (v)

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To move to a new location

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Tangible (adj)

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Able to be touched

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Wistful (adj)

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Having or showing a feeling of regretful longing for something

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Yearn (v)

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To want something very much

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Adjacent (adj)

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Next to or near

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Casualty (n)

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A person killed or injured in a war or accident

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Debut (n)

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A first public appearance

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Interrogate (v)

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To question someone formally or thoroughly

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Jargon (n)

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The “special” language of a particular activity or group

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Limelight (n)

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The center of public attention

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Makeshift (adj)

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Serving as a temporary replacement of something

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Sorrow (n)

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A feeling of deep sadness

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Triage (n)

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The process of sorting injured people (battle or disaster)n into 3 groups based on their need of med. treatment and their chance of survival

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Ajar (adj)

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Slightly open

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Astonished (adj)

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Struck with sudden amazement or surprise

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Boast (v)

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To brag about possessions, abilities, or accomplishments

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Depart (v)

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To leave

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Devour (v)

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To eat up greedily or hungrily

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Dismal (adj)

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Very gloomy or depressing; dreary

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Dusk (n)

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The darker part of twilight

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Famished (adj)

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Extremely hungry

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Gaze (v)

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To look at someone or something intently, esp. because of admiration or thoughtfulness

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Glutton (n)

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A person who eats too much

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Labor (n)

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Work, esp. physical work

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Perish (v)

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To pass away completely; to die

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Remote (adj)

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Far away; isolated

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Summit (n)

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The highest point; the top

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Wane (v)

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To get gradually smaller

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Wax (v)

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To get larger, stronger, or fuller

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Deluge (n)

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A flood (of water - ex); an overwhelming amount of something

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Gaunt (adj)

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Thin and bony (as from hunger suffering)

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Grotesque (adj)

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Very ugly, deformed, or monsterous

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Haste (n)

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Excessive speed; quickness

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Immense (adj)

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Huge; colossed

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Inferno (n)

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A place or state that resembles hell

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Inquisitive (adj)

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Asking many questions

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Lunatic (n)

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An insane person

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Menagerie (n)

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A collection of wild or foreign animals kept esp. for exhibition

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Mourn (v)

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To feel sorrow esp. over someones death

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Peculiar (adj)

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Strange or odd; unusual

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Plummet (v)

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To fall straight down; to plunge

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Shudder (v)

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To tremble with fear or horror

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Smother (v)

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To overcome or kill by depriving or air or exposing smoke or fumes

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Transform (v)

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To change completely in appearance of form

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Baffled (adj)

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Totally confused; bewildered; perplexed

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Deceive (v)

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To cause someone to believe something that is not true

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Eerie (adj)

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Strange or frightening; creepy

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Ferocious (adj)

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Fierce; savage

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Flee (v)

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To run away, often from danger or evil

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Morsel (n)

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A small piece of food; a bite

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Mortal (n)

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A human being (subject to death)

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Rendezvous (v)

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To meet together at a pre planned time and place

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Retreat (v)

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To go away from something dangerous, difficult, or uncomfortable

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Sphere (n)

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A globe-shaped object

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Tedious (adj)

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Tiring because of length or dullness; boring

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Trudge (v)

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To walk or march steadily, usually with much effort

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Weary (adj)

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Worn out; tired

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Chronological (adj)

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Arranged in the order of time

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Clarify (v)

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To make an idea or statement more clear and understandable

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Context (n)

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The circumstances that surround an event

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Elaborate (v)

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To add more detail to something that has been written or said

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Implement (v)

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To put a decision or plan into action

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Mandatory (adj)

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Required by rules or the law

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Prior (adj)

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Coming before something; previous

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Relevant (adj)

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Related to the matter at hand; pertinent

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Altruism (n)

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Unselfish interest in the welfare of others

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Essential (adj)

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Important in the highest degree; necessary

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Malice (n)

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ill will; the desire to do harm for the satisfaction of doing it

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Remarkable (adj)

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Worthy of being noticed, esp. as being uncommon

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Retort (v)

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To answer back typically in an angry or sharp manner

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Reverie (n)

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A daydream; the state or being lost in thought

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Uncanny (adj)

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Strange or mysterious, sometimes in an unsettling way

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Commonplace (adj)

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Very common or ordinary

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Corridor (n)

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A passageway (as in school) into which rooms open

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Potable (adj)

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Suitable for drinking

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Haggard (adj)

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Looking thin, worn out, or exhausted, usually as the result of prolong suffering or worry

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Heir (n)

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A person who inherits property

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Morose (adj)

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Sullen; gloomy; sulky

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Ominous (adj)

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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

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Tragic (adj)

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Causing (or characterized by) extreme distress or sorrow

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Plot

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The chain of events in a story

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Plot Structure

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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Conflict

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A struggle between two or more forces in a story

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Types of Conflict

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Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society, Man vs Self

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Setting

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The time, place, and circumstances of the story

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Characterization

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The way the author develops the personalities of the characters

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Types of Characters

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Flat, Round, Static, Dynamic, Protagonist, and Antagonist

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Flat Character

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A character who is not well developed

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Round Character

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A character who us well developed

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Static Character

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A character who doesn’t grow grow or change during the story (Ssssstatic Ssssstays the Sssssame)

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Dynamic Character

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A character who undergoes growth or change

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Protagonist

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A character who is the main character and often “the good guy”

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Antagonist

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A character who works against the protagonist (usually a force)

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Point of View

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The narrative perspective used to tell the story

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1st Person

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A character, usually the main character, tells the story (“I”)

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2nd Person

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This narrator is rarely used (makes the readers characters and uses “you”)

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3rd Person

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An outside narrator, NOT a character, tells the story

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Theme

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The message that the author is trying to get across to his/her readers

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Allusion

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A brief, often indirect reference to a well-known person, book, historical event, etc.

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Foreshadowing

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A hint about what might happen in the future

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Imagery

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Word and phrases that call mind images or other sensory experiences

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Irony

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When what actually occurs is very different from what was expected

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Red Herring

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False dues given to through reader off track

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Suspense

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An intense feeling of nervousness or excitement that the reader feels while waiting to find out the outcome of certain events

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Symbolism

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When an object (or person) is used to represent something else, giving the object a deeper meaning

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Novel

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A long work of fiction

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Short Story

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A short work of fiction

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Anthology

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A book made up of many short literary works, such as poems, plays, and short stories

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Excerpt

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A small piece taken out of a literary work

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Genre

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A category of literature (mystery, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, etc.)

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Poetry

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A genre a literature that often makes use of rhythm, rhyme, figurative language, and imagery

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Prose

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Ordinary (non-poetic) language used in everyday speech as well as in novels, short stories, textbooks, essays, etc.

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Tone

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The attitude of the poet or speaker

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere of a poem

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Stanza

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A section of a poem

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Simile

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A comparison using like or as

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Metaphor

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A comparison not using like or as

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Personification

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Giving non-human object human characteristics

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Hyperbole

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A large exaggeration

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Alliteration

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When two or more words in a line of poetry begin with the same constant sound

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to

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Anaphora

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When two or more consecutive lines begin with the same word/words

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Epistrophe

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When two or more consecutive lines end with the same word/words

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Repetition

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The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis or rhythmic effect

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Internal Rhyme

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When two or more rhyming words appear in a line of poetry

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Slant Rhyme

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A type of rhyme in which vowel sounds and word endings are not identical

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Rhyming Couplet

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A pair of lines that rhyme

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Rhyme Scheme

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Refers to the pattern of rhyme a poem follows

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Free Verse

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Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme or meter

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Sonnet

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A 14-line poem that uses pentameter

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Simple Sentence

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Made up of just one independent clause

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Compound Sentence

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Made up of two independent clause connected with a comma and a coordinating conjunction

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Complex Sentence

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Made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause put together (in either order)

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Sentence Fragment

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An incomplete sentence (missing subject, verb, or it is not a complete thought)

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Run-On Sentence

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Occurs when the writer runs on to the next sentence without ending the first one

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Comma Splice

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Similar to a run-on sentence. In this case, the writer joins two complete sentences with only a comma

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Fantasy

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A genre involved with magic and invented creatures

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Science Fiction

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A genre usually involving futuristic technology

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