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Tri 2 LA Test Flashcards

1
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Exposition

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Background of the charecters

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Climax

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high point of story

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Falling Action

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After the climax, when there’s little action

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Resolution

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how the main conflict is resolved

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Foreshadowing

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lets readers predict whats going to happen next

Use of hints or clues in a story that lead a reader to make certain predictions about the story

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Plot

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The sequence of a story from beginning to end

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Conflict

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arguments in story

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Setting

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where story takes place

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Character Motive

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what the character wants; what motivates the charecter

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Resolution

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how conflict is resolved

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Theme

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The central idea of a story

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Point of View-

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POV, who’s telling story

Perspective from which the story is told; 1st, 2nd, 3rd person

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Tone

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How the author feels about a text; his/her attitude

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14
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Indicative Mood

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states fact or opinion, describes something in plot

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Imperative Mood

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makes a demand

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Conditional Mood

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indicates a condition that might cause something to happen; might, could, should, would

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17
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How to Create Suspense using…

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Time, Distance, Thoughts, Setting, Isolation and Disaster

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18
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Simile

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comparing using like or as

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19
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Metaphor

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comparing without using like or as

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20
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Personification

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Animals or inanimate objects are given human characteristics or actions

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21
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Dialouge

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A conversation between two or more characters in a literary work

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22
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Imagenery

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using words to create a picture in your mind

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23
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Protagonist

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The main character in a literary work

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Antagonist

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The character that is the source of conflict

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Hyperbole

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Use of exaggeration that approaches the impossible

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26
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Dramatic Irony

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when the reader knows something that the character doesn’t

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that represent sounds

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Alliteraition

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repetition of same sound or letter at beginning of sentence

The repetition of similar beginning consonant sounds that creates a musical or rhythmic effect

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Allusion

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reference to something familiar

A reference to a well-known person or event that often serves to make a comparison

30
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Anaphora

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repetition of same words

31
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Parallelisum

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list of successive words or phrases with the same or very similar grammatical structure

32
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Symbolism

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Is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story; is used to provide meaning to the writing beyond what is actually being described; can enhance a theme, idea, or character

33
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Ethos

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Appeal to authority and credibility

34
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Pathos

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Appeal to emotions

35
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Logos

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Appeal to logic and fact

36
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Visible Action Verb

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Can be seen easily.

37
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Mental Action Verb

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Can be seen with difficulty, if at all.

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Transitive Verb

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An action verb that the receiver of the action is named in the sentence.

39
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Intransitive Verb

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An action verb that there is no receiver named in the sentence.

40
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Linking Verb

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Connects a noun or pronoun at or near the beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end.

41
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Helping Verb

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Added before another verb to make a verb phrase.

-can be more than one word-

42
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What is an adjective?

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Describes a noun or pronoun

43
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What is a definite article?

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specific person, place, or thing

the

44
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What is an indefinite article?

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any one of a class of people, places, or things
(a or an)
45
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How can nouns be used as adjectives?

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When they are put before an adjective and answers the questions: What kind? OR Which one?

Ex: bicycle shop

46
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Proper adjective

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proper noun used as an adjective, capitalized

Ex: African drums

47
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Compound adjective

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an adjective made up of more than one word

Ex: world-famous

48
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7 possessive adjectives

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my, your, his, her, its, these, their

49
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4 demonstrative adjectives

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this that these those

50
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3 interrogative adjectives

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which what whose

51
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4 indefinite adjectives

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another each either neither

52
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What is an adverb?

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a word that modifies, or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
where, when, in what manner, to what extent

53
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Adverbs answer which questions?

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When, where, how?

where, when, in what manner, to what extent

54
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What is active voice?

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The noun or pronoun that is the subject is the doer of the action

55
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What is passive voice?

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the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action

56
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Active or Passive?

Jack mowed the lawn.

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Active

57
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Active or Passive?

The lawn was mowed by Jack.

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Passive

58
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How to create suspense using time?

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Use a ticking clock device or a destination in the future that is looming; worried thoughts

59
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How to create suspense using distance?

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Create space between character and their goal; a need to reach a faraway destination

60
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How to create suspense using thoughts?

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make characters worry; show tension in thoughts

61
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How to create suspense using setting?

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dangerous environment

62
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How to create suspense using isolation?

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danger around main character; isolate them

63
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How to create suspense using disaster?

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make a disaster, natural disaster?

64
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Rising action

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a series of events after the introduction of the story that builds up to the climax.

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