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Academic Vocab Flash Cards TEST GRADE

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assertive tone

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Stern and with authority

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Analysis

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Close examination

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Inference

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Using evidence and reasoning to reach a conclusion

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Details

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Features, facts, or items

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Theme

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Moral or lesson learned

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Central idea

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The most important thought of a paragraph or larger section of text

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Development

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Process of developing or being developed

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Refined

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Precise

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Emerges

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Become known

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Bias

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Prejudiced in favor of or against

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Objective summary

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No opinions or feelings

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12
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Complex character

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Many different characters and they develop throughout the story

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Plot (include all plot elements)

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The sequence and development of events;
+Exposition—introduced the characters and settings
+Rising Action—builds tension/suspense, attempts to sole the primary conflict of the story
+Climax—peak of the story
+Falling Action—the beginning of the end
+Resolution—how the problem is resolved or ends

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Characterization

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Displays physical characteristics, personality traits, motivations, private thoughts, and actions

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Conflict

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The problem or disagreement

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Connotation

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Emotional meaning, not the literary meaning

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition

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Figurative language

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Doesn’t use a word’s strict or realistic meaning

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Simile

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Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Metaphor

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Comparison without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to non humane things

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Tone

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The author’s attitude towards a given subject

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Formal vs. informal tone

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+formal—direct and thorough (professional)
+informal—conversational and similar to how you speak to a friend

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Context

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The background or setting

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Text structure (list the types and a description)

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+text structure: the author’s way of organizing the text
+description: describes
+Compare & Contrast: differences and similarities
+Chronological: in time sequence
+Problem & Solution: a solution is presented to the problem presented
+Cause & Effect: this happens because of that

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Suspense/mystery/tension

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Excited or anxious

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Parallel plot

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Two or more separate stories that usually link by the end

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Flashback

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Interjected scene that flashes back in time

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Foreshadowing

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Interjected scene or detail that classes to the future

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

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Allusion

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Reference to something well-known

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Paradox

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Contradictory statement

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Understatement

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Extreme downplaying

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Logical fallacy

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An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid

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Emotional appeals

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Persuasion of the audience by intentionally evoking certain emotions

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Context

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The background or setting

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Claim

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Assertion of the truth of something

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Counterclaim

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A claim made to rebut a previous claim

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Point of View (first person, second person, third person limited, third omniscient, third objective)

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+POV: how the story’s told
+First: the narrator is the character
+Second: the reader is part of the story
+Third Limited: knows one person’s thoughts and feelings
+Omniscient: knows everyone’s thoughts and feelings
+ Objective: the doesn’t show any thoughts or feelings

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Transitions

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Allow for easier flow through the story

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Thesis statement

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Consist summary of the main point or claim

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Formal writing style

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Standard English, more complex sentences, lack of slang terms

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Objective tone

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Impersonal style that gives the reader info about something but doesn’t include info about the writer

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the consonance sound at the beginning of a word

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Assonance

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The repetition of the sound of a vowel

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Convey

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Transport or carry to a place

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Author’s purpose

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The reason he/she writes it

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Informative Essay (list the elements)

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Non-fiction writing piece
+intro: hook, brief summary of the story/background, thesis statement
+body: point, evidence, explain, link
+conclusion: brief summary, thesis restatement

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Narrative Essay (list the elements)

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Telling a story
+character, plot, eating, POV, conflict, style, dialogue (usually)

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Argumentative/Persuasive Essay (list the elements)

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Uses logic and reason to show that one idea is or legitimate than another
+conclusion, claim, counterclaim, evidence

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