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Short Stories Unit Test Flashcards

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5 Stages of Effective Readers

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  1. make predictions
  2. make connections
  3. ask questions
  4. visualize
  5. know your purpose
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Characterization

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The way in which an author reveals the evolution, change and development of a character in a story.

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Foreshadowing

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Hints/clues given by the author about what may happen later in the story.

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Flashback

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Occurs when the author goes back to events of the past, to help the reader understand the present.

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Pathos

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When the author stimulates pity or sympathy in the reader for a character.

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Suspense

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The feeling and/or condition of uncertainty about the outcome of a conflict.

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Symbol

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A concrete object representing an abstract idea.

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Setting

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The time, place, and atmosphere in which a story occurs

  • includes sensory details (words that appeal to senses)
  • includes figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification)
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Characters

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the people in the story

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Protagonist

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character around whom the story is written (hero)

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Antagonist

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Character who stands in the way of the protagonist (villain)

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Types of Characterization

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we get to know the character through:

  • physical description
  • speech and actions of the character
  • direct comments from the narrator
  • speech and actions of other characters
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Plot

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The event/actions in a story

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Conflict

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the struggle between two opposing forces

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Types of Conflict

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man vs man
man vs himself
man vs nature

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Man Vs. Man

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an external struggle between two or more individuals

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Man Vs. Himself

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an internal struggle concerning emotion and decision

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Man Vs. Nature

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an external struggle between man and an element of nature

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Elements of Plot

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introduction
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution/conclusion
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Introduction

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gives any necessary information and introduces the main characters; usually provides the setting in time and place and can suggest theme

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Rising Action

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the major portion of the plot

the events in the rising action lead to a series of crises where the hero must make a decision

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Climax

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the turning point of a story; the emotional high point

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Falling Action

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the events that lead to resolution

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Resolution/Conclusion

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the outcome of the conflict

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Theme

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the main idea or message of a story

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Point of View

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how the story gets told; every story has someone telling it

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Simile

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a figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things by using “like” or “as”
“her feet were as cold as ice”

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things describing one as if it were the other
-do not use like or as
“my brothers room is a pigpen”

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Personification

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a figure of speech in which human abilities are given to a non-human object
“the feathers tickled my face”

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Verb

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-action or state
-to, be, have,do, like, sing, can, must
“Reading is fun. I LIKE reading”

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Noun

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  • person, place, or thing.

- pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher..

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Adjective

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-describes a noun
-some, good, interesting, good, red, well…
“my dog is BIG, i like BIG dogs.”

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Adverb

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-describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
-quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really…
“my dog eats QUICKLY when he is VERY hungry”

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Pronoun

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-replaces a noun
-you, I, she, he, them, they, her,him, them….
“Tara is from india, SHE is very beautiful”

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Conjunction

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-Joins clauses or sentences or words
-and, but, when
“I like dogs AND cats. I like cats AND dogs. I like dogs BUT I don’t like cats”

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Interjection

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-short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence.

“Ouch! Hi! Well, Oh!”

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Comma Splice Errors

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occur when two closely related but independent sentences are joined by a comma
Comma splice error ex:
the house stood empty for months, no one would by it.

can be fixed with a compound sentence, semicolon, or period

FIXED C.S:
the house stood empty for months. No one would buy it

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Correct This Comma Splice Error:

The patient was sent home, nothing more could be done

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The patient was sent home. Nothing more could be done.

The patient was sent home; nothing more could be done.

The patient was sent home, but nothing more can be done.

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Correct This Comma Splice Error:

The convention ended on Saturday, we can return to work Friday.

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The convention ended on Saturday. We can return to work Friday.

The convention ended on Saturday; we can return to work Friday.

The convention ended on Saturday, but we can return to work Friday.

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Sentence Fragments

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is a phrase or clause that might look like a sentence, but does not express a complete thought.
-missing a verb or subject of the sentence
S.F Ex:
Just before eating.
Correction S.F:
Just before eating, he phones his girlfriend

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Correct This Sentence Fragment:

“stop”

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You should stop running in the halls

42
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Correct This Sentence Fragment:

“Clyde refused”

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Clyde refused to believe he was wrong

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Correct This Sentence Fragment:

To be a member of the Royal Ontario Museum expedition to Costa Rica

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You have to have your vaccine to be a member of the R.O.M expedition to Costa Rica

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Run-on Sentences

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has two or more complete thoughts/independent clauses which run together without proper punctuation

can be corrected by by making one large sentence into smaller sentences or rewrite the sentences using proper punctuation

Example of run-on:
we only have a day until the big dance I dont have my dress dry-cleaned yet and that will take at least a day

Correction:
we only have one day till the big dance. I don’t have my dress dry-cleaned yet. That will at least take a day.

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Correct This Run-On Sentence:

“Justine plays hockey she plays for a team that tours Canada”

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Justine plays hockey, she plays for a team that tours Canada.

Justine plays hockey. She plays for a team that tours Canada.

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Correct This Run-On Sentence:

“City costs are too expensive for most people the cost is discouraging.”

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City costs are too expensive, for most people the cost is discouraging.

City costs are too expensive. For most people the cost is discouraging.

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