Engelsk Muntlig Flashcards

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What is plot

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A plot is whats going on in the story

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Line

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A Line in a story is a sentence that you say

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What is excrept

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Excrept is like a sentence u take out of for exsampel a movie

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What is a Classic

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A Classic is Hugh quality

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What is a protagonist

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Is the main charactet in a story

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Examples of a protagonist

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Harry potter. He is the protagonist becouse he is the main charater

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Antagonist

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A antagonist is the person that goes against the protagonist, a example could be Voldemort

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Charles Dickens

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Born in 1812
Made A Christmas carol and David Copperfield and much more

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William Shakespeare

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Born 1564
Often referred to as the greatest playwright in the English language
He made poems, and plays. He made thing like Romeo and Juliet

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Ernest Hemingway

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He was a American novelist and journalist.
He gained fame for novels like “the old man and the sea” and “a days wait”
Earned the Nobel prize in literature in 1954

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Alice Walker

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Born 1944
American author, poet and activist.
Best known for “the color purple” which won prize winning novel
She did work like themes of race, gender, and social justice

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What is the plot in “A days wait”

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It is about a little boy named Schwartz having flu with a low fever. He thinks he has a dangerous fever because in school they talked about 40 degrees Celsius being dangerous. But the father said that it is 2 different thermometer.

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What is «A CHRISTMAS carol» plot

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Ebenezer Scrooge from a bitter, old man to a kind and generous individual after being visited by three ghosts. They show him the errors of his ways and the consequences of his actions. Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and seeks happyness by helping others and embracing the spirit of the holiday

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What is the plot in Romeo and juliet

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The young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, come from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Despite the ongoing hatred between their families, Romeo and Juliet fall deeply in love and secretly marry. Their forbidden romance leads to a series of tragic events, ultimately resulting in their untimely deaths. The play explores themes of love, conflict, and fate.

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The color purple plot

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Celie, a young African American woman living in the rural South in the early 1900s. The story delves into themes of racism, sexism, and abuse as Celie struggles with her traumatic past and finds strength and resilience through her relationships with other women. Through self-discovery and empowerment, Celie ultimately achieves independence and freedom.

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What phrases did William Shakesprear come up with

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Break the ice that means to remove the tension at a first meeting

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What is the underdog

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The underdog is a plot where the person is hidden in a way. In the end the underdog wins and the arrogant loses. An example of this is Cinderella, where she is the underdog and the stepmother and stepsisters are arrogant.

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What is terrible tragedy

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The fatal flaw or terrible tragedy, these are the storys where it dont work out. A example on this can be romeo and juliet, where they both die at the end.

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Boy meets girl

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Boy meets girl can have many variants like person meets dog or person finds dream job. Protagonist finds something good, loses it and then get it again. This is in many romantic comedy

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The hunter and the hunted

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The protagonist is clever but walks into the spider’s web. The spider is crafty, cruel and chilling to watch. Think about the fly’s struggle to get out of the web. This is triller

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The test or the quest

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Searching for something or must complete some task. For example, they must tavel the world to find it or complete it. A example can be squidgame

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Creation

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Creation is when there is involved one or more gods. The gods make all of the things humans needs. Sometimes the humans fail.

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What universal plot is Romeo and juliet

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Terrible tragedy

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What universal plot is thw color purple

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The hero can not be keeper down

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What is a six Words story

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A six Words story came up by Ernest Hemingway and is a story on 6 Words a story like this you need to think what is behind the story

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What is the charateristic of a short story

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Short story
Short plot on a short timeline
Small cast of characters
Many words can have a meaning
Jumping right into the plot

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When was alice walker born

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She was born in 1944

28
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What is vernacular English

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Vernacular is like everyday language everyone speaks with slang.