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1.What is exposition?

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The part of the story that provides the Back round information and sets the story up

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What are other names for the exposition?

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Introduction, Beginning

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  1. What is Initial incident?
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The event that sets the story in motion

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What are other names for the initial incident?

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Motivating incident?

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  1. What is the Rising action?
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All the events of the story that take place between the motivating incident and the climax. This is the longest part of the story

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  1. What is the climax?
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The part where the major conflict/problem is solved, usually the highest point of action

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  1. What is the falling action?
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All the events that occur after the climax, and before the resolution

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What is the 6. Resolution

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The tying up of all the loose ends of the story that were not set up in the falling action

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What is the setting?

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Where the story takes place, the general location, time and year

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What is the point of view?

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It is the perspective from which the story is told

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What are the different points of view?

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Limited omniscient
Omniscient objective
Objective/Camera view
First person

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Explain limited omniscient

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The narrator can see into the minds and thoughts of one character but is not a character in the story

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Explain omniscient

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The narrator can see into the minds and thoughts of all characters and is not a character in the story

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Explain objective/camera

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The story is told as though a camera is filming the action, there are no insights in to the minds of the characters

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Explain First person observer participant

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The narrator is a character in the story. The story is told by this’d of personal pronouns

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What is direct characterization?

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The author tells us directly about the characters

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What is indirect characterization?

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We learn about characters without being directly told Ian’s we draw our own conclusions

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What is a round character?

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A character that we know a great deal about

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What is a flat character?

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A character that we know relatively little about (one or two traits)

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What is a static character?

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A character that does not change from the beginning to end if that story

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What is a dynamic character?

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A character that undergoes a change in their personality, attitude or thinking by the end of the story

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What is a stock character?

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A character that is stereo type

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What are the 6 stages of the line?

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Exposition
Initial incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
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What is a protagonist?

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The main character in the story, usually the good guy but does not have to be

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What is an antagonist?
The person or thing that is opposing the protagonist, usually the bad guy, but not always
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What is a conflict?
A struggle between two forces
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Person vs. Man conflict
One person vs. Another
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Person vs. her/himself
A character undergoing a personal struggle
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Person Vs. Nature
A character in a struggle against a natural element
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Person vs. supernatural
A character in a struggle against something non human
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What are the 5 stages of the writing process?
``` Prewriting Writing Revising Editing Publishing ```
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What is prewriting?
One of the most important stages in the writing process- this is where your ideas come to get her and for a logical chain of events
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What is another name for writing?
Rough Draft or Rough Copy
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What are some tips going from writing to pre-writing?
* Be selective in the ideas you choose * Write Write Write * More is better
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What is revising?
Improving your writing Looking from a different pout of view Making your writing clearer, interesting, informative and convincing
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What does A.R.M.S stand for?
Add Remove Move around Substitute
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What does editing look for?
``` Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar Sentence structure Subject/verb agreement Consistent verb tense Word usage ```
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What is another name for publishing?
Good copy
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What is situational irony?
The difference between what ha expected and what actually happens
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What is dramatic irony?
The readers knows something that the character does not know
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What is a flashback?
Flashing back, within a story, to something that happened
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What is foreshadowing?
Hints to what is to come later in the story
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What is the theme?
The meaning or purpose of the story, usually implied and not stated directly, usually makes a comment about human nature
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What is the mood?
The overall feeling created my the author
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What is the atmosphere?
The atmosphere could be sad, gloomy, suspenseful, happy exit
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What is symbolism?
Using one thing to represent another
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What is complication?
The problem the main character faces
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What is a sonnet?
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
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What is a free verse?
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
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What is a haiku?
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
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What is a concrete?
Concrete, pattern, or shape poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance
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What is a stanza?
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
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Antonym
a word opposite in meaning to another
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Mood
an emotional situation that surrounds the readers
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Tone
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
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Moral
a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event
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Motif
a motif can be seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme
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Best exemplified
be a typical example of.
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infer
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Grade 8: Language Arts (3 decks)

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