ELA unit 1 vocab Flashcards
what are the 5 plot elements about
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
what is a protagonist
The main charater of the story that is part of the conflict
what is a antagonist
the evil/bad person of the story
what is a round character
a very develouped character
what is a flat character
a character with little depth
what is a dynamic character
A person that goes though change in the story
what is a static character
a person that does not change
what is first person view
when they use I, Me or Us
what is secound person view
You or your
what is third person limited
learns the thought and feeling of one charater
what is third person objective
no feelings from any character
what is third person omniscient
when the narrator knows everything
types of conflict
Man vs Man
Man vs Society
Man vs Nature
what is the theme
is the lesson learnd about life and human nature
the main idea of the story
what is verbal Irony
when the speaker says somthing and means somthing else
what is dramatic irony
when the reader knows more then the characters in the story
what is situaltional irony
when the audience thinks something is going to happen but something changes suddenly and something else happens
what is Simile
using like or as in a sentence to compare something
what is Metaphor
not using like or as in a sentence to describe something
what is Alliteration
when the same sound comes up many times in a sentence
Ex: the blue bug blows by
what is Imagery
making an image out of words from the story
what is Allusion
Making references in movies about places, persons or a thing
what is Onomatopoeia
the use of words that mimic sounds
Ex: BOOM, BANG, Meow
what is Personification
when the author gives a non-living things real emotions
what is Hyperbole
over exaggerating an emotion
what is Symbolism
when the object has a deeper meaning
what is Oxymoron
when two words are different but put in a sentence
Ex: Big baby
what is Paradox
a tenet contrary to received opinion
ex: walking in the dream
Some the is commen sence but can also be true
what is Idiom
a sentence that gives a meaning for something else
Ex: its raining cats and dogs
what does kinship mean
family
what does viscous mean
the thinkness between a solid and a liquid
what does immobilizing mean
when you are preventing thing from moving
what does interloper mean
a person who intrudes without permission
what does reconciliation mean
to settle an agrument
what does marauders mean
a person the roams from place to place making attacks, they raid it
what does acquiesced mean
giving concent
what does palpable mean
being able to been seen and felt
what does quarry mean
an animals being hunted
what does pious mean
religious devotion
