Language exam Flashcards by Torri Manone

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Common noun

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describes a person,place or thing

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proper noun

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a specific person place or thing

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collective noun

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refers to a group of people

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commas

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puncuation indicating a pause in scentence

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semi-colon

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a pause between two main points

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personification

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when somthing non human is given human fetures

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hyperboly

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exageration

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simile

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comapring 2 things using like or as

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metaphor

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comapring things without using like or as

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allution

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refrence to a famous even tor person

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oxymoron

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two contrasting words

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situation irony

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opposite of what expected happends

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dramatic irony

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expression that signifies opposite

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verbal irony

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say somthing diffrent than what you mean

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natural irony

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when plot is diffrent from what expected

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soliloquy

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speaking to yourself or yourself

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theme

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main idea of story

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plot

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main events

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exposition

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beggining of story with importaince

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foil charecter

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contrasts with prostagonist

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static charecter

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remains the same throughout story

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flat charecter

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one dimentinol stock charecter

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round charecter

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many diffrent sides

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expository writing

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expalining using facts

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first person

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“I” “Me” narrator is the person in story

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second person

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narrator decribes persons actions

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third erson limited

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narrator only knows throught and feelings of charecters

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third person objective

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thoughts and feeling arent present

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third person omniscient

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narrator knows throught and feling of all charecters

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2 types of conflict

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inrernal external