Core Knowledge Flashcards
1
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Protagonist
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The leading character
2
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Theme
A
The main idea or the underlying meaning of the text
3
Q
Context
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The information that we know about the writer, or the time in that the text was produced.
4
Q
Tension
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A feeling of nervousness, excitement or fear that’s created in the text
5
Q
Simile
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A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
6
Q
Metaphor
A
When you say that something is something else
7
Q
Personification
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An object is given/described with human qualities or abilities.
8
Q
Alliteration
A
Words start with the same sound
9
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
A word that sound like what it is
10
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Rhyme
A
The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
