English Flashcards

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The main character or hero of the story

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Protagonist

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The reason why an author has written the work, his motivation

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Purpose

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Time,location, cultural customs in which the action occurs

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Setting

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A written Account of another persons life written by someone else

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Biography

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Characters motivation – why she acts, feels or thinks a certain way

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Character/characterization

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Central conflict – struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

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The idea of relating the content of a story to your own knowledge or experience

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Connecting

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A scene from an earlier time that interrupts an ongoing action of the story

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Flashback

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To show our indicated before hand; to give a glimpse of what may happen in the future

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Foreshadowing

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Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the readers 5 senses

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imagery

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The most important point in the paragraph or story. It is usually stated in the topic sentence or thesis. It has supporting details that relate to the main idea

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Main idea

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Is made up of vents that could be divided into rising action, climax and falling action. The rising action develops as the main character encounters conflicts. Rising action leads to climax, or turning point of the story,

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Plot

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Question

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To question the actions of the story

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14
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Visualize

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To picture the story

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15
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The bad person in the story

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Antagonist

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