ELA unit 1 vocab Flashcards

1
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what are the 5 plot elements about

A

Exposition- the beginning of the story where everything is as normal
Rising action- some small events that are suddenly happening
Climax- The main event of the story that has changed the perspective of the story and of its going to continue
Falling- when the story is slowing down and coming to an end
Resolution- when the story is end and all the problems are solved

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2
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what is a protagonist

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The main charater of the story that is part of the conflict

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3
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what is a antagonist

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the evil/bad person of the story

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4
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what is a round character

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a very develouped character

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5
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what is a flat character

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a character with little depth

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6
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what is a dynamic character

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A person that goes though change in the story

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7
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what is a static character

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a person that does not change

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8
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what is first person view

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when they use I, Me or Us

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9
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what is secound person view

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You or your

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10
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what is third person limited

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learns the thought and feeling of one charater

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11
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what is third person objective

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no feelings from any character

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12
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what is third person omniscient

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when the narrator knows everything

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13
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types of conflict

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Man vs Man
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature

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14
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what is the theme

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is the lesson learnd about life and human nature

the main idea of the story

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15
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what is verbal Irony

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when the speaker says somthing and means somthing else

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16
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what is dramatic irony

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when the reader knows more then the characters in the story

17
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what is situaltional irony

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when the audience thinks something is going to happen but something changes suddenly and something else happens

18
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what is Simile

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using like or as in a sentence to compare something

19
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what is Metaphor

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not using like or as in a sentence to describe something

20
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what is Alliteration

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when the same sound comes up many times in a sentence

Ex: the blue bug blows by

21
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what is Imagery

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making an image out of words from the story

22
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what is Allusion

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Making references in movies about places, persons or a thing

23
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what is Onomatopoeia

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the use of words that mimic sounds

Ex: BOOM, BANG, Meow

24
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what is Personification

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when the author gives a non-living things real emotions

25
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what is Hyperbole

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over exaggerating an emotion

26
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what is Symbolism

A

when the object has a deeper meaning

27
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what is Oxymoron

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when two words are different but put in a sentence

Ex: Big baby

28
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what is Paradox

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a tenet contrary to received opinion
ex: walking in the dream
Some the is commen sence but can also be true

29
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what is Idiom

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a sentence that gives a meaning for something else

Ex: its raining cats and dogs

30
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what does kinship mean

A

family

31
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what does viscous mean

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the thinkness between a solid and a liquid

32
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what does immobilizing mean

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when you are preventing thing from moving

33
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what does interloper mean

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a person who intrudes without permission

34
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what does reconciliation mean

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to settle an agrument

35
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what does marauders mean

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a person the roams from place to place making attacks, they raid it

36
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what does acquiesced mean

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giving concent

37
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what does palpable mean

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being able to been seen and felt

38
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what does quarry mean

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an animals being hunted

39
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what does pious mean

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religious devotion