English Flashcards

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Q

This essay is often about
something that happened to the
author personally. He/she tells a
story in such a way that the reader
learns a lesson or gains insight.

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NARRATIVE ESSAY

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Q

what are the ELEMENTS OF
NARRATIVE
ESSAY (5)

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PLOT
SETTING
CHARACTERS
CONFLICT
THEME

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Q

what are the STRUCTURE OF
NARRATIVE
ESSAY (3)

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INTRODUCTION
BODY
CONCLUSION

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4
Q

It is the series of
events happening in
your essay.

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PLOT

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5
Q

It is when and where events
happen; in other words it is
the time and location.

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SETTING

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Q

These are considered as the protagonist who
drives a plot of your story. These can also be
the supporting characters.

These are the persons portrayed in the essay.

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CHARACTERS

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Q

It is the problem the character
resolves, a moment of tension
he needs to win through.

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CONFLICT

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8
Q

It is considered as the
moral of the story of
the essay.

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THEME

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9
Q

Write an introduction or the
exposition of your narrative
essay.

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INTRODUCTION

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Q

Tells about the setting, the
characters, events that
happened and conflict.

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BODY

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Q

Explain the moral of your story,
why it is significant and what
the audience might want to do
after reading it.

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CONCLUSION

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It is a drama that consists of only one act or dramatic structure that usually ranges from thirty to ninety minutes.

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One-Act Play

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One-Act Play Elements (3)

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Conflict
Suspense
Atmosphere

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It is the obstacle that hinders the protagonist to reach his goal.

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Conflict

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This can be created when the character faces a major crisis in the story.
It arouses the audience’s concern for the welfare of the character.
It may disguise as an unexpected turn of events, foreshadowing, or the intervention of the antagonist or fate.

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Suspense

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This could be enhanced by the set, lighting, music or sound effects, the actor’s movements and dialogue.

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Atmosphere

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17
Q

Word or group of words
that is derived from a verb
but functions as a different
part of speech.

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Verbal

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18
Q

Is a verbal ending in –ing. It functions as a noun and could be used
in sentences as subject, direct object,
predicate nominative, appositive, and
object of the preposition.

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Gerund

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Subject is a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.

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Gerund as Subject

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The direct object of
a verb is the thing
being acted upon.

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Gerund as Direct Object

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An appositive is a noun or noun phrase
that renames the noun right beside it
(noun, noun).

The noun being renamed may be found
in the subject, direct object, or predicate
nominative.

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Gerund as Appositive

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22
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A subject complement is a
word or phrase that follows
a linking verb and identifies
or describes the subject.

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Subjective Complement

23
Q

The object of a preposition is
a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun
that follows a preposition and
completes its meaning.

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Gerund as Object of Preposition

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types of gerund (5)

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Gerund as Subject
Gerund as Direct Object
Gerund as Appositive
Subjective Complement
Gerund as Object of Preposition

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It is a serious and well-plotted story that elicits emotion. It is performed onstage or before an audience, and involves actions, action and dialogue.
DRAMA
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what are the CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRAMA (3)
COMEDY TRAGEDY MYSTERY
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what are the ELEMENTS OF DRAMA (9)
SETTING CHARACTERS PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST PLOT CLIMAX FALLING ACTION AND RESOLUTION THEME DIALOGUE
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It is a play written in a kindly or humorous manner.
COMEDY
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It is a play written in a serious style, in which things go wrong and cannot be set right except at great cost or sacrifice.
TRAGEDY
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It involves the uncovering of an unknown or an uncertainty the characters seek answers in the drama.
MYSTERY
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The locale where and when the scenes in a drama takes place. In a drama, scenes can happen in varied times and places.
SETTING
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The one who acts in drama. They are also known as the actors.
CHARACTERS
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It is the lead character that is in conflict with the hero or the protagonist. It may not necessarily be evil all the time, but can be in conflict with the beliefs or morals of the protagonist.
ANTAGONIST
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It is the most important and primary character in a story or play. It is often referred to as the “hero,” “man character,” “focal character,” or “central character.” Actively on the side of good moral.
PROTAGONIST
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It is the order of events occurring in a play. It is the basic storyline that is narrated through a play.
PLOT
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It is the highest point of the drama’s plot or conflict.
CLIMAX
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Events that lead to resolving the conflicts toward the end of the drama are within these parts.
FALLING ACTION AND RESOLUTION
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It refers to the central idea of the play.
THEME
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The story is narrated to the audiences through the dialogue written by the playwright.
DIALOGUE
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It is the symbolic representation of characters, images, or events as symbols in a literary work.
ALLEGORY
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It is the attitude of the author takes towards the play’s subject matter. Remember that playwrights use tone to produce a certain mood.
TONE
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It is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a literary work produces in an audience.
MOOD
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It is the central subject matter or idea explored in a play.
THEME
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is a verb that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed. Its main function as a modifier is an adjective.
participle
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A group of words that begins with a participle (present or past participle) and includes its modifiers, objects, or complements.
PARTICIPIAL PHRASE
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When words that start with the same sound, especially those of consonant sounds, are placed close together in a phrase or a line.
Alliteration
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It is a technique used by a poet to get a reader’s attention to a certain idea or whatever it is that the poet wishes to share.
Repetition
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It is the mental image, figure or likeness of things produced by the words used by the poet.
Imagery
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It is a verbal that may function as a noun, an adjective and as an adverb. It is consists of the preposition to and the main form of the verb.
Infinitive
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Is a word group composed of the infinitive and other words that go with it.
Infinitive phrase
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It is a short description of the most important information about a narrative either written or performed on stage or produced as a film.
Synopsis
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It is divided into acts and scenes.
Play Synopsis
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4 Main plot points which the protagonist encounters the different characters in the play:
Inciting incident Conflict Climax Denouement
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It refers to the subgenre of gothic fiction in American literature that takes place in the South America.
SOUTHERN GOTHIC FICTION