Exam 1 Flashcards
Amiable
Friendly or sociable person
Antiquity
Ancient times
Antiquity
Ancient times
Apprehensive
Fearful that something bad will happen
Callous
Feeling no emotion
Commendable
Matting someone’s needs
Discern
To detect with eyes
Elite
Better than the rest
Excerpt
A copied passage from a story
Fortitude
A mindset to take on danger with courage
Insipid
Lacking qualities that interest or challenge
Inarticulate
Incapable of speech under stress
Notoriety
The state of being well known
Paraphrase
Rewording and shorting something you heard or read
Prolific
Causing abundant growth
Prophetic
Relating to something predictable
Succumb
To give into something
Visage
The appearance of a person or animal
Visage
The appearance of a person or animal
Whimsical
Painfully quaint in an appealing way
Whimsical
Painfully quaint in an appealing way
Zealous
Showing great energy or enthusiasm
Common noun
Person place or thing
Proper noun
The name of a person place or organization
Proper noun
The name of a person place or organization
Concrete noun
Refers to a person or place prrceived with five sense
Abstract noun
Idea, quality, state, or feeling
Compound noun
Made up of two or more words
Pronoun
Used insetead of noun
“The apple is red”
“It is red”
Adjectives
Motifys or describes a noun
Story elements
Characters, theme, antagonist, protagonist, climax, setting, theme, plot, conflict, rising and falling action, resolution, tone, exposition
Authors purpose
His reason for writing. (If the purpose is to entertain, then there will be jokes)
