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English Vocab Flashcards

0
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Voice

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Unique style of writer

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Narrative

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Story

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Hook

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An introduction that “grabs” the reader

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Point of view

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Who’s telling the story

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First person point of view

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“I” told by author about themselves or by. Character narrating the story

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Third person point of view

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“He” “she” “they”

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Omniscient point of view

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“All knowing” author

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Limited omniscient point of view

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Seen through the eyes of one character

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Direct presentation/characterization

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Author Tells us directly about a character

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Indirect presentation/characterization

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The author has the reader infer character by what they say, how they act or what others say about them

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10
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Situational irony

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Something that happens thats different then expected

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Dramatic irony

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The audience knows something the characters don’t

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12
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Verbal irony

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EX sarcasm

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13
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Setting

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Place and time of the story mood or emotional setting

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Symbol

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Something concrete that represents an idea or belief

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15
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Sterotype

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Making generalization about something based on preconceived idea

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Theme

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Central ideas

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Theme statement

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  • not cliche
  • not a moral or lesson(not you should)
  • not a topic
  • universal applied to most people
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18
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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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19
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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that echo their meaning

Ex. Bang, sizzle, boom

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Tone

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Speaker’s attitude about their subject matter

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Allusion

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Makes reference to something outside

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Connotation

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Meaning we associate with a word

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Allegory

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Symbolic meaning beyond the literal meaning

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Ambiguous

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Not clear - can be read with different meanings

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Slang

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Language particular to a social group

27
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Colloquialism

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Informal language

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Idom

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Not meant literally;particular to a cultural group

29
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Ballad

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Type of poetry meant to be a song (historical characteristics)

30
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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Connotation

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Things we associate with a word

32
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Dennotation

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The exact meaning/dictionary meaning

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Satire

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Using humour to emphasis something serious

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Stanza

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Poetic paragraph

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Hyperbole

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To exaggerate something for effect

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Static character

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Character who does not change

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Dynamic character

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A character who does change

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Round character

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Character with many dimensions

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Flat character

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One dimension

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Free verse

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Poem with no structure

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Refrain

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Repetition of central lines (chorus)

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Rising action

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A plot device ( rising action builds to climax)

43
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Resolution

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How the story solves itself

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Foil

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Character who contrasts a major character

Ex Benvolio and Romeo

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Exposition

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To explain

46
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Propaganda

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To give people one side/biased information

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Paradox

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A contradiction that proves to be true

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Allusion

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Refer to something outside the work

- mythology, biblical, literature, history

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Iambic pentameter

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10 syllables a line

50
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Personification

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A human characteristic describe something non human

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Oxymoron

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Contradiction of word put side to side

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Dramatic structure

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Plays structure leading up to climax

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Climax

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The peak of the story most conflict

French 10 (6 decks)

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