English Flashcards

To help me pass my english finals

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Common Noun?

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Names a class of things

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Pronoun?

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A word used in place of 1 or more nouns.

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Proper Noun?

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Nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing.

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Verb?

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Expresses action or helps make a statement

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Adjectives?

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Modifies nouns or pronouns, makes it more definite.

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Adverb?

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A word modifying a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

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Interjection?

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A short exclamation like Oh! Um. or Ah! They have no grammatical value but we use them anyway. They’re usually followed by an exclamation mark (!).

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Name the Common Nouns====> I added new books to the library.

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Books, Library

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Name the Pronoun->She opened the fridge to find her pickles.

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She, Her

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Name the Proper nouns.->Tom visited Caseys to get gas and a monster.

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Caseys, monster.

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Name the Verb Anna grabbed the bone and chewed on it.

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Grabbed, chewed.

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Adjective-> She opened her rusty, blue, car, to find an old rubber dog toy.

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Rusty, Blue, Old, Rubber

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Adverbs-> The dog bit the egg carefully, as he briskly ran to his owner.

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Carefully, Briskly.

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Interjections-> Wow! Is that a brand new Car?

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Wow!

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Simile

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Compare two things using like, or as.

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Metaphor

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Compares tow things that aren’t literarily true, without using like or as.

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Personifications

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Giving nonhuman things human characteristics.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that make sounds, like ZAP.

19
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Hyperbole

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exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally.

20
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Figure of Speech? The pillow was as light as a feather

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Simile

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Figure of Speech? Her eyes were diamonds when she looked up.

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Metaphor

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Figure of Speech? The light danced on the water surface.

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Personification

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Figure of Speech? The sausages are sizzling on the pans.

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Onomatopoeia

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Figure of speech? The plane ride took forever.

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Hyperbole

25
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What is theme?

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A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. MAIN IDEA OR WHAT ITS TRYING TO SAY> MESSEGE

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What is tone?

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In literature, tone is, simply put, the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject. SIGNIFIES THE AUTHORS POV

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What is Mood?

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A mood is a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character FEELING OF THE READER or the atmosphere of a story.

28
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What is symbolism?

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Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning

29
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What is characterization?

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is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character’s values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers

30
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What is Foreshadowing?

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narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.

31
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Identify the parts of a basic plot diagram

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  1. Exposition,
  2. conflict,
  3. rising action,
  4. climax,
  5. falling action,
  6. and resolution.