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Flashcards by Anna Schmit, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Anna Schmit
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| Question | Answer |
| What are IDEAS? (Six Traits of Writing) | Ideas are specific, original topics. They give plenty of information and important/supporting details. They have the control over the main topic. |
| What is ORGANIZATION? (Six Traits of Writing) | Organization is having a logical, effective order structure in your essay. You also should have smooth transitions, supporting details, and a short/strong ending. |
| What is WORD CHOICE? (Six Traits of Writing) | Word choice is having powerful, action verbs, specific nouns, and descriptive adjectives. Word choice should be your natural language (figurative). |
| What is SENTENCE FLUENCY? (Six Traits of Writing) | Sentence fluency is having complete sentences, different sentence structures, and beginning sentences in different ways. Sentence fluency should also have a good rhythm. |
| What is VOICE? (Six Traits of Writing) | Voice is about writing honestly, caring about the topic, and keeping your reader interested. Your Voice should bring the topic to life. |
| What are CONVENTIONS? (Six Traits of Writing) | Conventions are proofreading/editing your paper, capitalization, spelling/grammar/punctuation is correct. |
| ANNIHILATE (v.) | To destroy, wipe out |
| DELIRIUM (n.) | Extreme mental disturbance, often accompanied by hallucinations |
| REVOKE (v.) | To cancel, withdraw |
| PERMIT (v.) | To allow |
| FRAIL (adj.) | Thin and weak; very delicate |
| DIALECT (n.) | A specific region of a language |
| BARREN (adj.) | Empty, deserted |
| KIN (n.) | Family members, relatives |
| ROUSE (v.) | To wake up |
| MORTAL (adj.) | Intense, severe |
| BRANDISHED (v.) | To wave in a threatening manner (mostly likely with a weapon) |
| COWERING (v.) | Crouching, trembling in fear |
| IMMINENT (adj.) | (...) about to happen, near |
| IRIDESCENT (adj.) | Rainbow-like; displaying a shifting range of colors |
| INFALLIBILITY (n.) | Inability (-can't) to make a mistake |
| REITERATED (v.) | Repeated |
| MAR (v.) | To damage, spoil |
| What is SETTING? | The time period/place where the story is taking place. |
| What is PLOT? | A series of events. |
| What is EXPOSITION? | A situation where the characters and main conflict are introduced. |
| What is RISING ACTION? | A chain of events where the main character struggles to achieve their main goal. |
| What is CLIMAX? | Highest point of emotional intensity. The reader may learn the outcome of the conflict. |
| What is RESOLUTION? | The events following after the climax. Issues are resolved. |
| What is CHARACTERIZATION? | A character's personality. |
| What is DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION? | The character (in a narrator-like tone) is telling the reader in the text about their people, world, and actions. |
| What is INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION? | The reader is observing the people and world. It's not stated in the text. Dialogue, appearance, private thoughts, actions, and how other characters feel about the main character are all INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION. |
| What is a ROUND CHARACTER? | The character is almost like a real person. They have many different character traits (half/half admirable). |
| What is a FLAT CHARACTER? | The character has only one/two character traits. |
| What is a STATIC CHARACTER? | The character doesn't change course of the story. They stay the same. |
| What is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER? | The character grows throughout the story. They are almost like a real person. |
| What is CHARACTER MOTIVATION? | The reason why a character behaves a certain way. |
| What is a PROTAGONIST? | The main character who drives the action forward. |
| What is a ANTAGONIST? | A character who conflicts with the main character. |
| What is a CONFLICT? | A clash between opposing characters (the problem) |
| What is an INTERNAL CONFLICT? | An emotional struggle between the character. It's within the character's mind and/or heart. |
| What is an EXTERNAL CONFLICT? | An outside object (character(s)) is preventing the character from achieving their goal. |
| What is OMNISCIENT? (Point of view) | Not the main character (outside of story) and they never refer to themselves. They also know everything about the story (panorama). |
| What is FIRST-PERSON? (Point of view) | A character's personal view of the story. The narrator uses first person pronouns (we, I) |
| What is UNRELIABLE? (Point of view) | A narrator who is biase about current events in their story. |
| What is THIRD-PERSON LIMITED? (Point of view) | The narrator has no part in story (outside of the story), but they only know about one character (super zoomed lens). They also use third person pronouns (he/she/it/they). |
| What is a NARRATOR? | The main storyteller. |
| What is a FLASHBACK? | An interrupted scene to show past events. |
| What is FORESHADOWING? | Hinting what's going to happen later in the story. |
| What is TONE? | The attitude the speaker has while telling the story (humorous, serious, ironic). |
| What is SUSPENSE? | Feeling uncertainty about what's going to happen next. |
| What is MOOD? | The atmosphere (feeling) of the scene. |
| What is SYMBOLISM? | It's an object, event, person, or animal that stands for something. |
| What is IRONY? | The difference between what's expected and to what actually happens. |
| What is VERBAL IRONY? | Someone says one thing but means the opposite (sarcastic). |
| What is SITUATIONAL IRONY? | An event that turns out unexpected (the opposite). |
| What is DRAMATIC IRONY? | Suspenseful helplessness to a character. The character doesn't know, but the reader does. |
| What is THEME? | The central idea of a work of literature. It's not stated directly in text, and shouldn't be stated in second person. |
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