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7th Grade UNIT 3 Flashcards

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Figurative Language

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The use of language authors use that is not meant to be taken literally.

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Personification

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Giving inanimate objects human like qualities.

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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound words (BAM)

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

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Imagery

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The use of language that creates images in the reader’s mind

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Adjectives

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Describes a noun

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Adverb

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Describes a verb

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Descriptive language

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Calls upon the 5 senses to create a description of a subject

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Protagonist

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The main or central character of a story

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Antagonist

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They pose/create the challenge to the protagonist

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Foil

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Provides the contrast to the protagonist

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Types of conflict

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Man vs man….Man vs. God…Man vs. Technology

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Internal conflict

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The character’s thoughts, feelings, and emotional conflict.

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External conflict

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Problems created by the outside world (outside the protagonist) (Man vs. Man)

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Static character

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A character that does not change their actions

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Dynamic character

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A character that changes their actions

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Round character

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A character that changes their emotions

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Flat character

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A character that does not change their emotion

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1st person point of view

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“I, we, me, us…”

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2nd person point of view

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“You.”

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3rd person point of view

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People’s names, them, they, he, she,

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Limited point of view

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Only knowing one character’s thoughts and feelings

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Omniscient point of view

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Knowing all the character’s thoughts and feelings

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Objective point of view

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Knowing none of the character’s thoughts and feelings

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Author’s purpose

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To inform, persuade, and entertain

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