Coach Workbook Lesson 1-8 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Literary work produced from a writer’s imagination

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Fiction

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Category, or type, of literature

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Genre

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3
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A narrative set in modern times

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Contemporary Fiction

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A narrative set in the past that gives a fictional account of historical figures or events

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Historical Fiction

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A long narrative, usually divided into chapters

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Novel

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A short narrative with a plot and characters

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Short story

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A short story with a moral or lesson; often has animal characters

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Fable

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A traditional story that tells about a culture’s heroes, ancestors, or gods; may explain how the natural world was created or how it works

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Myth

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9
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Literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience

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Drama

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Means “one who crafts plays”

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Playwright

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11
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Is a major division of a play

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Act

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12
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Subdivision of an act with a fixed setting and continuous time frame

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Scene

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13
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The words spoken by characters to each other

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Dialogue

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Speech delivered by one character while he or she is alone onstage

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Soliloquy

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15
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Tell actors what to do

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Stage directions

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16
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Literature written in verse, or in short lines

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Poetry

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17
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Groups of lines within a poem

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Stanzas

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18
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Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines

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Musical quality

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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words

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Alliteration

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Fourteen-line poem with a precise rhyme scheme and meter

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Sequence of events, or what happens, in a work of fiction or a drama

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Beginning of the story, when the setting and characters are established

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Exposition

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Problem that a character must resolve
Conflict
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Bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem
Rising action
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Turning point, usually the most exciting part
Climax
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Events after the climax, leading to the solving of the problem
Falling action
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Ending of the story, when the conflict has been resolved
Resolution
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Where and when a story takes place
Setting
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Person, animal, or other creature in a fictional text
Character
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Qualities that define them
Traits
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Reason why characters act the way they do
Motivation
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Perspective of a character or narrator
Point of view
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Literary text is its central message or lesson
Theme
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Short restatement of a text in your own words
Summary
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Use of words to create an image in the reader's mind
Figurative Language
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An author's attitude toward his or her subject
Tone
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Indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or a literary work
Allusion
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Direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word "like" or "as"
Simile
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Comparison of two unlike things, without using the word "like" or "as"
Metaphor
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Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
Imagery
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Giving an animal, object, or abstract idea human qualities
Personification
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Educated guess based on information and evidence in a text
Inference