Vocabulary Test Flashcards

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Genre

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Category of literary composition

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Fiction

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Imagination, not presented as a fact.

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Theme

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The main idea

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Mood

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Certain feelings in the reader

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Tone

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The attitude of the author

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Character

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Defined as any person,animal,or figure

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Characterization

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Highlight and explain the details about a character in the story

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Protagonist

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The leading character (the good guy)

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Antagonist

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Characters that stand in opposition to the protagonist (the bad guy)

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Point of view

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Mode of narration that an author lets the reader hear, and see what takes place in a story.

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Plot

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A term used to make up a story or the main part of a story

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Conflict

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The problem

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Symbolism

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A figure of speech where a person,object,or situation has another meaning from the real meaning.

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Irony/iconic

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Happening in the opposite way to what is expected

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4 ways that show characterization

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Direct thoughts and feelings of the character
Actions
Appearance
How other characters feel about him/her

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First person

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Mode of storytelling relying on his or her point of view “I” or “we”

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Third person

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Uses pronouns like She, he, it ,or they

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Second person

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The narrated tells the story to another character “you”

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Omniscient

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The narrated knows thoughts and feelings of all characters

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Limited

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The narrated knows only the thoughts of one character