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Unit 2 Test Flashcards

1
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Exposition

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Introduces the characters

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Initial Incident

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The part that introduces the conflict

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3
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Climax

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Highest point of interest

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4
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Rising Action

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Develops the conflict

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5
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Falling Action

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After the climax

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Which is the correct order for the parts of the short story plot?

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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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7
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symbolism

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When one thing is meant to represent something else

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direct characterization

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When the author states directly what someone is like or what he looks like

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indirect characterization

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Usually achieved through comparison to something else or through the actions of the character

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allusion

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Takes place when an author refers to another work of literature or something famous that happened in history

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11
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point of view

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First person: I, we

Third Person:

Omniscient – can go through everyone’s thoughts

Limited omniscient – can only go through one character’s thoughts

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12
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folktale

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a short tale, usually anonymous, passed along by word-of-mouth

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myths

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a story that explains specific aspects of life or the natural world, usually in terms of supernatural forces or beings

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fables

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brief, fanciful stories that present a moral to teach character and life wisdom through practical examples

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fairy tales

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fictional stories set in an indefinite time and place and containing an element of the fantastic or magical

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16
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theme

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Being kind to other is helpful to ourselves and our community.

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17
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moral

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You should be kind to others.

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18
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What do you think the climax is in “The Necklace”

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When she loses the necklace.

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19
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True or False: Robert Louis Stevenson’s family business was banking.

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False: Lighthouse making

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20
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What is something that happened in the rising action of the gift of the magi?

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When Della cuts off her hair

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21
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Pick out an adjective, conjunction, and preposition: He is best known for his detective fiction with his enduring characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.

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Enduring, and, for

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22
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What is the initial incident from “The Sire De Maletroit’s Door?”

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When he enters the door

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23
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What is the symbolic meaning of “The Necklace?”

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Her desire for acceptance

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24
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Find the preposition: Although he probably fictionalized true occurrences or tales told to him, Maupassant’s style has been imitated by countless writers, and his influence can be seen on such masters of the short story as W. Somerset Maugham and O. Henry.

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to, on, of

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25
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The denouement is included in this part of the story plot:

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Resolution

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26
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In the plot of a short story which element includes the setting and introduction to the characters?

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Exposition

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27
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The part of the story that includes most of the suspense is . . .

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Rising Action

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28
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O. Henry’s life experiences influenced his stories.

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True

29
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Guy de Maupassant’s life ended on a happy note.

A

False

30
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The point of the highest interest in a short story is the . . .

A

Climax

31
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The initial incident in a short story plot is part of the . . .

A

Rising Action

32
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What season of the year is the setting of “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door”?

A

Autumn (September to November)

33
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Why does Denis make the choice at the end of the story that he makes?

A

He loves Blanche.

34
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What two options does the Sire de Maletroit give Denis to choose from?

A
  1. Marry Blanche 2. Die
35
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Denis opened the door himself.

A

False

36
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Of the two options that the Sire de Maletroit gives Denis to choose from, which one does he choose in the end?

A

Marry Blanche

37
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Denis did not close the door himself.

A

True

38
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What is the highest point of interest in a story?

A

Climax

39
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From its definition, what three things does an adverb modify?

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verb, adjective, adverb

40
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True or False: Not and never are always adverbs.

A

True

41
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What is the adverb in this sentence? Twenty dollars a week does not go far.

A

not

42
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What are the three adverbs in this sentence? A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks.

A

very, very, fairly

43
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What does the adverb modify in this sentence? The very rich ice cream was delicious.

A

an adjective

44
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What is the adverb in this sentence? While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home.

A

gradually

45
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What does the adverb modify in this sentence? They ate the ice cream slowly.

A

the verb

46
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Words ending in -ly are always adverbs.

A

False

47
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Write out the eleven adjectives in this sentence: The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat.

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the, portly, his, an, some, a, dirty, wrinkled, the, inside, his

48
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What is the conjunction in this sentence? The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them.

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but

49
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What are the two conjunctions in this sentence? There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

A

but, and

50
Q

After, although, as, because, before, if, since, than, though, till, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, and while are examples of . . .

A

Subordinating Conjunctions

51
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What is the conjunction in this sentence? Be good to me, for it went for you.

A

for

52
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Both . . . and, neither . . . nor, and either . . . or are examples of what kind of conjunctions.

A

Correlative

53
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Does this sentence need a comma before the conjunction? On Friday night, I ate a wonderful meal and watched a movie.

A

No Comma

54
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What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?

A

and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

55
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What are the four conjunctions in this sentence? It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for.

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nor, nor, nor, nor

56
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Does this sentence need a comma before the conjunction? On Friday night, we ate a wonderful meal and then we watched a movie.

A

Comma

57
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What are the four conjunctions in this sentence? But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above, he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young.

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but, whenever, and, and

58
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According to its definition, what two things does a conjunction join?

A

Two independent clauses

59
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A subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, or predicate adjective can be found in prepositional phrases.

A

True

60
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Give five prepositions from the commonly used preposition list.

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of, bellow, above, through, under

61
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What are the four prepositions in this sentence? She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends.

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with, of, for, of

62
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What are the two prepositions in this sentence? All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her.

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of, of

63
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According to the definition, what does a preposition show?

A

a relation to another word or element

64
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Pick out the preposition and the object of the preposition in this sentence. She would weep whole days with grief.

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with, grief

65
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What is the preposition and the object of the preposition in this sentence? She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every luxury.

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for, luxury

66
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A preposition is the first word in a prepositional phrase.

A

True

67
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What two parts of speech can an object of the preposition be?

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noun, pronoun

68
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What are the four prepositions in this sentence? She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans.

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of, over, into, of

69
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Write a sentence with an appropriate interjection that is punctuated properly.

A

Help! My cabinet is eating me!

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