MUST KNOW VOCAB Flashcards

Vocabulary Improvement

1
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Protagonist

A

Main Character

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2
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Setting

A

Where or when the story takes place

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3
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Antagonist

A

The opposing force to the protagonist

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4
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Plot

A

The events (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) in a story

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5
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Complications

A

(Problem) the struggle between opposing forces this drives the story

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6
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archetype

A

a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

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7
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connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to it’s primary meaning

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8
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denotation

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literal meaning of a word, in contrast that the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

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