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MIDTERMS 9th: English (G/T) Flashcards

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PLOT

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Sequence of Events of a Story.

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EXPOSITION

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Introduction of the story where setting, characters, and conflict/problem are revealed

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RISING ACTION

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an inciting incident leads to a series of events which build tension/excitement, working towards the climax

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CLIMAX

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Highest point of tension/Turning point of story

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FALLING ACTION

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Story Winds down, tying up loose ends, events are resolved.

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RESOLUTION

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Conclusion of the Story

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STATIC CHARACTER

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A static character is a character who does not change in the course of the work.

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DYNAMIC CHARACTER

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A dynamic character is one who changes in the course of a work.

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CHARACTER FOIL

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A foil character is used to highlight or expose the traits, attributes, or motivations of another character. Often, the foils are paired together to show a contrast. Emphasizing the differences between personalities and attitudes adds depth and dimension to characterization.

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CHARACTERIZATION

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Characterization is the process a writer uses to develop the personality of a character

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DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

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Direct Characterization: The writer makes direct statements about the character’s personality. For example, a writer may simply state that a character is shy or selfish.

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INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

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Indirect Characterization: The writer requires the readers to draw their own conclusions about a character, based on evidence from the story.
Evidence from the story might include:
the character’s appearance
the character’s words/speech
the character’s private thoughts
the character’s actions
other character’s comments, responses, and thoughts

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INTERNAL CONFLICT

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Internal Conflict: is a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single person. The conflict occurs entirely within a character’s mind.
Example: Person vs. Self

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EXTERNAL CONFLICT

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External Conflict: is a struggle against some outside force such as another character, nature, or society.
Examples:
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Society

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SETTING

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Setting is the time and location a story takes place.
Setting establishes the time, place, and environment in which your characters operate
Setting often establishes mood as well as provides the backdrop and environment for your story.

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FORESHADOWING

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Foreshadowing: is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense and, sometimes, anxiety in the reader or viewer.

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FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW (POV)

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First Person POV: The narrator is one of the characters in the story and tells the events in his or her own words.

example; Night

maybe, to kill a mockingbird

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THIRD PERSON LIMITED POV

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Third Person Limited POV: The narrator tells the story through the eyes of only one character

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THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT POV

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Third Person Omniscient POV: The narrator looks and tells the story through the eyes of all the characters and is all knowing.

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IMAGERY

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Imagery: is language that appeals to the senses. Most images are visual – that is, they create pictures in the reader’s mind by appealing to the senses of sound, touch, taste, and/or smell.

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TONE

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Tone is the author’s attitude towards their subject (event, character,etc) in their text.

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MOOD

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Mood: is a story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes. Mood is often created by a story’s setting and developed through imagery.

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SYMBOLISM

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Symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols or by attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

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THEME

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Theme is the main idea or message that a story conveys.
-Theme is what you want the audience to take away from your story
-It is the purpose or “Why” of the Story

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How is the point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird vital to its plot?

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It’s in the point of a child, children are innocent so they see the world as it is. (without any prejudice)

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How does the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird impact the novel?

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Because it is set in the 1930s in the south where systematic racism was ingrained in most people.

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Atticus Finch; Static or Dynamic

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Static
Always had a good heart and fair to a fault as a result of developed righteous morals and stood up for it.

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Scout Finch; Static or Dynamic

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Dynamic
Scout Finch goes from a childish little girl with no self control, who doesn’t want anything to do with being a lady, didn’t get what was happening in the court to her condoning no violence,, tried being part of the circle, she understood Boo Radely and the world in the porch scene.
Scout
Resort to violence (cussing, fighting, angry)
Babies with Dill
The mob scene in front of the jail
The verdict
Participating in the circle
PORCH SCENE

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Jem Finch; Static or Dynamic

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Dynamic
Jem Finch changes from a childish kid and also not understanding the world, to a mature person that understands the world and its confusing and sometimes corrupt values.

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Boo Radley; Static or Dynamic

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Static
Boo Radley was always a good person to the children and everyone but he was just misunderstood, he never changes in the story.

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Calpurnia; Static or Dynamic

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Static
Caplurnia was always a mother figure and never really changed in the story.

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Bob Ewell; Static or Dynamic

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Static
Always a bad person, drunk and violent, showing no remorse when he took the life of an innocent out of racism but tried to take more lives for revenge.

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Mayella Ewell; Static or Dynamic

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Static,
Never changes in the story, she was always described as a poor and abusive girl; she never grows from this in the story.

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Why does Atticus agree to defend Tom Robinson?

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Atticus believes that he should stand up for what is right and he also believes in equality and has very good morals. Also because if he didnt then someone would who wouldn’t care if they won the case or not.

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How does the Tom Robinson trial impact the Finch family? Be sure to focus on each member individually (Atticus, Jem, Scout, & Aunt Alexandra).

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Atticus gets judged by the townspeople for defending someone of the opposite race. Jem loses his innocence, Scout gets more mature though she doesn’t really know the significance of Atticus defending Tom Robinson; the children are also bullied. Finally, Aunt Alexandra goes from someone who represents the town’s interests to someone who is more understanding and empathetic of Tom Robinson and his case.

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What is the significance behind the title, To Kill a Mockingbird? Explain character references and symbolism.

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Mockingbird
(Chapter 10, Page 119)
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

-The mockingbirds represent innocence and the significance of this title is that it represents the innocent people of the book like Boo Radley and the Black community.

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What are the themes of To Kill a Mockingbird? Summarize how they are reflected in the novel.

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The themes of to To Kill a Mockingbird is to remove judgement in the world and keep innocence (represented through the children and other characters) Harper Lee represents this in her character Mrs. Maudie who says that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because they are innocent. This is shown when Tom Robinson, an innocent man, gets killed by the racist townspeople because they are getting too close to winning the case.

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How is a memoir different from that of an autobiography?

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A memoir is a selection of memories to convey a certain event in someone’s life. While an autobiography is about someone’s life.

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What was Hitler’s intention with the Holocaust?

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He was trying to exterminate the inferior race and make an empire and kill anyone who gets in his way.

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Elie struggles with numerous conflicts throughout his experience. One of the more significant conflicts is Elie’s internal struggle with his religious beliefs. How does religion impact Elie? Discuss how Elie’s belief system/faith changes throughout the course of his experience.

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He doesn’t really believe in god and he is struggling with his faith. At first he was very curious and felt like he needed his religion at the start of the book, but then towards the middle when he is in the concentration camp he sees all this death and thinks god has something to do with this. So then he struggles and some people in the book say, “where is god” and then they reply by saying that god is hanged and is dead.

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How much of an impact does Elie’s father have on his son? Describe how the relationship develops over the course of their experience during the Holocaust. Analyze their bond in comparison to others in the book.

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Because Elie’s Father is alive, Elie is alive and has something to live for.
In the beginning of the book they were very distant and they didn’t have a very good relationship between him and his father. But then as they get into the concentration camp camp, all they have is each other and they depend on each other for the will to live because they are family.

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The Nazis went to great lengths to dehumanize the Jews. Explain the dehumanization process. How and why were prisoners dehumanized?

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They were dehumanized by:
-Names to mere numbers
-Taken all possessions
-You couldn’t do basic things; going to the bathroom, having a nice shower (they were just thrown with buckets of cleaning solution)
-Basically being treated worse than animals and just like objects
-Being tortured, even by their own race (Kapos)
-Doing horrific things just to get privileges like extra food.

Why were they dehumanized:
-They were easier to control if they feared you.

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According to Elie Wiesel, the most important commandment in the bible is “thou shalt not stand idly by”. What does this commandment mean and why does he feel so strongly about this commandment? Explain its relevance to today.

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Because a lot of the people around the world actually know that this is happening and they are standing idly by while millions are being tortured and killed. He doesn’t want the same thing to happen again, he doesn’t want to holocaust to repeat itself. The reason why the holocaust went on for so long is because of the bystander effect. The bystander effect is the effect of hearing or observing a tragic event but not doing anything because you don’t want to get involved or you think someone else will help.

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What is the difference between an explanatory, argumentative, and narrative writing?

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An explanatory essay is an essay where you explain something or share information. An Argumentative essay is when you write your essay with bias and try to convince the reader of something, and a narrative writing is when you write about yourself or a story that happened to you.

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What are the main components of a standard thesis essay?

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The main components of a standard thesis essay are the introduction, body, counterclaim, and conclusion.
*Think of it like a Burger

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Why is a thesis statement so important?

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The thesis statement is known to be the most important part of your essay because it sets the purpose of the essay and can develop the tone and mood of the essay.

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How does one integrate textual evidence into an essay?

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You have to introduce the quote before you cite it, so you have to basically paraphrase the quote also and cite the quote.

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How does one avoid plagiarism? Give an example with a quote formatted in MLA.

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You have to give credit when you cite your sources, for example here is a quote from Night by Elie Wiesel:

“The bell. It was already time to part, to go to bed. The bell
regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them
blindly. I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a
better world, I imagined a universe without a bell.” (Wiesel 73).

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