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Grade 9 English - Short Story Unit Flashcards

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Metaphor?

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A comparison of two objects or ideas that do not use ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Simile?

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A comparison of two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Narrative point of view?

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The relation between the author and the characters (who’s telling the story)

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First person?

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The point of view in which the author speaks as if he/she is the main character (I couldn’t help her/after we talked we went out)

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Second person?

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The act of the author talking to a character

You aren’t that kind of of person/ you spoke to her

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Third person?

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Regular narrative with author using ‘he/she/it’

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How many types of third person views are there? And what are they?

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  1. Omniscient
  2. Limited
  3. Objective
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Omniscient?

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The act of the author switches to multiple characters point of views

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Limited?

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Only stick to the main characters pont of view and only know what they know

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Objective?

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You may only observe the characters you can not read their thoughts

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Conflict?

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Important to plot

Any situation that may cause the main character to struggle, there may be many throughout at story

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What are the 2 types of Conflict?

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  1. External

2. Internal

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External conflict?

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A struggle with a force outside one’s self

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Internal conflict?

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A struggle within one’s self

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What are the 4 types of external Conflicts?

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  1. Human vs human
  2. Human vs fate
  3. Human vs society
  4. Human vs nature
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Human vs human?

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Main character struggles with their physical strength agains another

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Human vs fate?

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The main character struggles against fate or life’s circumstances

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Human vs society?

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The main character struggles against the customs of others

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Human vs nature?

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The main character struggles with nature (weather)

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What the only type of internal conflict?

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Human vs self

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Human vs self?

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Main character struggles with their soul/ideas/morals/decisions

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Symbol?

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An action, setting, and/or object with a symbolic meaning

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Irony?

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A difference between what’s expected and what actually occurs (an ambulance ran over someone)

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Dramatic irony?

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An effect in which the viewers understand the situation but the characters do not (Romeo and Juliet)

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Personification ?

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Putting characteristic to an inanimate object (flower dancing through the grass)

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Allusion?

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A reference to well known person, event, place, art piece, and/or a literal figure

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Imagery?

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That language that describes something using the 5 senses

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Oxymoron?

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Putting two contradictory words together

Jumbo shrimp, working vacation

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Assonance?

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Rhyming sounds within phrases or sentences

Do you like blue?

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Connotation?

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A word with certain emotions tied to it

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Denotation?

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The literal or primary meaning of a word

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Figurative language?

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A word that is tied to certain ideas

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Foil?

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A minor characters situation or action that effects the main character

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Foreshadowing?

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Something that give bits and pieces hat hint to whats going to happen without spoiling it

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Hyperbole?

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Words that exaggerate a certain point to an overemphasized state
(Its been like 3 hours, when its only been 30 mins or “im so hungry I could eat a horse”

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Onomatopoeia ?

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Words that describe a sound (boom, pow, snap, bang)

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Pathos?

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A quality that invokes sadness within the viewers

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Rhetoric?

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Certain questions that are persuasive but may not be answered

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Iambic pentameter ?

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A phrase made with a syllable followed by a longer phrase with a syllable (But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?)

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What are the 6 different sections in a Plot Graph?

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  1. Introduction
  2. Rising Action
  3. Trigger
  4. Climax
  5. Falling Action
  6. Resolution
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Atmosphere?

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The overall feeling within a story or play

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Theme?

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The universal idea or meaning that the author is trying to convey

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Setting?

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The weather, social condition, time and location taking place in a story or play

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Reader Response Critic?

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A literary theory that focuses on the viewer’s experiences while reading/watching a type of literary work

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Soliloquy?

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An internal thought of a character spoken aloud to no apparent listener or themselves

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Aside?

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A brief set of words spoken by the characters to him/herself when other characters are present, without them hearing

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Noun?

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A word to name a person, place, or thing

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Verb?

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A word to express an action, event, or states of being

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Adverb?

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A word to describe a verb

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Adjective?

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A word to describe a noun

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Interjection?

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Connects nouns, pronouns, and other phrases to one another

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Preposition?

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An expressive word that is usually followed by an exclamation point (bang! or boom!)

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Conjunction?

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A word that joins other words, phrases, or sentences

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Verbal Irony?

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A character says on e thing but really meant the opposite (sarcasm)

55
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What does APE&C Stand for?

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Answer
Proof
Explain
&
Conclude
56
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What is APE&C used for?

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properly answering questions with proof

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