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English Formative Flashcards

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What are genres of non-fiction?

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Biography, autobiography, memoir, essay, journal, textbooks, historical books, pamphlets, cook book, encyclopedia

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What are genres of fiction?

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Mystery, science fiction, realistic fiction, dystopia, romance, horror, thriller

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What are parts of speech?

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  1. Noun
  2. Pronoun
  3. Verb
  4. Adverb
  5. Adjective
  6. Preposition
  7. Conjuction
  8. Interjection
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What is an adjective?

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An adjective describes, modifies a noun or pronoun. Eg. happy, many, fast

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What is an adverb?

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An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

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What is a noun?

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A noun represents a person, place, time, thing or idea.

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What is a verb?

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A verb describes an action or a state of being.

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What are types of figurative language?

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Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopeia, alliteration, assonance, irony,

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What is personification?

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Non-human things have human characteristics, qualities, concepts or actions.

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What is a simile?

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A simile compares two things to eachtother.

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What is a metaphore?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action as something other than what it is, to highlight similarities between the two.

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What is foreshadowing?

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Author gives hints or clues about an upcoming event.

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All types of imagery?

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  1. Sensory (five senses)
  2. Visual (sight)
  3. Auditory (hear)
  4. Olfactory (smell)
  5. Gustatory (taste)
  6. Tactile (touch)
  7. Kinesthetic (movement)
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What’s a hyperbole?

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Exageration statement or claim, not meant to be taken literally and emphasize a point or create a dramatic effect.

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What is a flashback?

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What are literary devices or tools examples?

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What’s a flash forward?

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18
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What are types of sentences?

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one independet clause and one dependent clause

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What’s a simple sentence?

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one independent clause

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What’s a complex sentence?

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What’s a compound sentence?

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two or more indepdnent cluases

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What’s an independent clause?

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What’s a dependent clause?

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What’s a subordinating conjuction?

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What’s a coordinating conjuction?

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26
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Where do you use commas?

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27
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Where do you use semicolons?

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28
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What is genre?

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29
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What’s a preposition?

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30
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What’s an interjection?

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31
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What is the repetition of voewels?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowels

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What is juxtaposition?

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