RW Flashcards

1
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freytag’s pyramid

A

exposition-rising action-climax-falling action- resolution

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2
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The storyteller sets the scene and the character’s background.

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Exposition

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3
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The story builds. There is often a complication, which means the problem the character tried to solve gets more complex.

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Rising Action

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4
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the story reaches the point of greatest tension between the protagonist and antagonist (or if there is only one main character, the darkness or lightness of that character appears to take control).

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Falling Action

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5
Q

the character solve the conflict or problem

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Resolution:

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6
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a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.

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climax

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7
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telling a complete story in a sequence

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narrator

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8
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time,place

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setting

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9
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a person or other being in a narrative.

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character

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10
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is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.

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plot

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11
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the main character of a story

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protagonist

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12
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a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist.

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antagonist

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13
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character’s personality doesn’t change over the course of the narrative.

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static/flat character

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14
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a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.

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dynamic character

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15
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one that lacks complexity in several facets

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round character

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16
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ambiguous protagonists—complex characters who have a dark side.

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anti hero character

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17
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someone who contrasts with another character – usually the main character – to highlight their qualities.

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foil character

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18
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one pattern of paragraph development that paints
pictures with words and brings the action or scenes to the reader.

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Description

19
Q

the focus of topic sentence that occur commonly at the
beginning of a descriptive paragraph. It helps the reader in understanding the
text for it sets the scene.

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dominant
impression

20
Q

It also persuades the readers to continue reading. The supporting details to
the central dominant impression are the senses of sights, smells, sounds,
textures, and feelings

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sensory impressions.

21
Q

phrase that has an implied meaning and should not be taken at face value

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figures of speech

22
Q

a comparison of two things
through the use of “like” or “as”.

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Simile

23
Q

a direct comparison of two
things.

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Metaphor

24
Q

the use of human characteristics to describe
animals, things, or ideas.

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Personification

25
Q

based upon a concise, logical pattern that includes as much information as it can within a minimum amount of space.

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Formal definition

26
Q

is one or more paragraphs that attempt to explain a
complex term.

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Extended definition

27
Q

is partial or incomplete definition. It does not define a
term in its complete sense as it is based on the writer’s experience.

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informal definition.

28
Q

an ordered set of related categories used to group data according to its similarities

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classification.

29
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he ability to understand another person’s thoughts and feelings in a situation from their point of view, rather than your own.

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EMPATHY

30
Q

means giving examples. It is simply proving or
supporting your point or thesis with examples.

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Exemplification

31
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in writing discusses elements that are similar,

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Comparison

32
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in writing discusses elements that are different.

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contrast

33
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pattern organizes ideas into problems and
proposed solutions.

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problem-solution

34
Q

of development organizes ideas to show how a set
of evidence leads to a logical conclusion or argument.

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Persuasion

35
Q

plays a vital role in relaying messages to our audience
and recipients.

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Communication

36
Q

the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together

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Cohesion

37
Q

ogical connection or consistency

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coherence

38
Q

is
language that unnecessarily identifies gender.

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Sexist language

39
Q

Information or statement directly stated in the text

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explicit

40
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information or statement indirectly stated in the text is

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implicit

41
Q

is the writer’s point or position regarding a specific topic.

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claim

42
Q

defined as the social, cultural, political,
historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text and form
the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated.

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context

42
Q

defined as the social, cultural, political,
historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text and form
the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated.

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context

43
Q

The networking function of new media that allows a large quantity of information to freely move around within a series of interconnected nodes in the network.

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hypertextuality