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1
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What is irony?

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A surprise

The difference between what we expect and what actually happens

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What is suspense?

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A tense feeling of waiting/expectation

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What is the plot?

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A planned series of events involving a kind of tension/struggle/conflict

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A use of words whose sound imitate the sound they describe

Wow! Buzz!

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5
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How do you answer a question properly?

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A -answer
E -evidence
O -opinion

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6
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What does STEAL stand for?

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Speech 
Thoughts
Effect
Actions
Looks
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7
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What is speech in STEAL?

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What the character says

How they speak

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What is thoughts in STEAL?

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What’s revealed through their feelings

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What is effect in STEAL?

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What’s revealed through their effect on other people

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What is actions in STEAL?

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What the character does

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What is looks in STEAL?

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What the character looks like

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12
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What is literal meaning?

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A definition you would find in the dictionary

Actual definition

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13
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What is figurative language?

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A use of words in a way other than for their literal meanings
To compare, emphasize, or say in a new way

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14
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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of 2 unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things
Indirect comparison

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15
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What is hyperbole?

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Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect

So tired I could sleep for years!

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What is an idiom?

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An expression that can’t be understood from its individual words
You’re driving me up the wall!

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What is a simile?

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When two unlike things are compared using like or as

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What is the setting?

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The place, time, and circumstances at the time of the survey

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19
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What is conflict?

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The struggle which is the basis of every student

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20
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What are the different types of conflict?

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Person vs person
Person vs self
Person vs supernatural 
Person vs nature
Person vs technology
Person vs society
21
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Who is the antagonist?

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The character that stands in opposition to the protagonist (bad)

22
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Who is the protagonist?

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The main character

Usually good

23
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What is foreshadowing?

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When the author gives hints earlier in the story about what will happen later

24
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What is an oxymoron?

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Contradicting words that neighbour each other

Jumbo shrimp

25
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What is alliteration?

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The repitition of the same constant sound

Bats bounced balls

26
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What is personification?

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When non human animals or objects are given human qualities

The tree grabbed at my shirt as I ran by

27
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How is the plot set up?

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Introduction 
Trigger incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Conclusion
28
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What are the three types of irony?

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Verbal
Situational
Dramatic

29
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What is the theme?

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The central idea/message
The lesson a reader is taught
Has a universal meaning
Usually inferred

30
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What is the trigger incident?

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An event that sets conflict in motion

31
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What is the mood?

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A state or quality of feeling at a particular time

32
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What is verbal irony?

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When you say one thing but mean the other

33
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What is person vs self?

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Struggles with conscience

34
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What is third person limited?

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When the narrator tells the reader only what one character feels and what they think of other characters

35
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What is the rising action?

A

The events that lead to the climax

36
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What is situational irony?

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A contrast between what a character expects and what really happens

37
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What is person vs nature?

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Survival

38
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What is third person omniscient?

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The narrator knows the thoughts of all characters in the story
They see into the hearts and minds of everyone

39
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What is person vs person?

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Physically or mentally

40
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What is first person major?

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When a main character tells their own story

41
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What is a simple sentence?

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Has one individual clause or complete thought

Has a subject and predicate and ends with a punctuation mark!

42
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What is dramatic irony?

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The reader knows more than the character in the story

43
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What is the point of view?

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The perspective from which a piece is written

44
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What is a compound sentence?

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Has two independent clauses that are joined with a conjunction or semicolon; ends with a punctuation mark!

45
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What is symbolism?

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

46
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What is first person minor?

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The story is told by a character who ‘happens’ to be there. Although they are involved in plot, they are made more of an observer

47
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What is a complex sentence?

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Has an independent clause and a dependent clause (fragment)

48
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How do you write a proper paragraph?

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Indent
Make sure you have a proper topic sentence (states main idea)
Provide 3 supporting details (each should be 1-2 sentences each)
Add transition words!!!
End with a concluding sentence (restate main idea)

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