ELA Flashcards

ELA (42 cards)

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David

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12 year old Jewish boy who escaped concentration camp. David interacts with the world around him showing how little he knew.

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Prison Guard (The Man)

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A guard in the prison that loved David’s mom. The guard helped David escaped by giving him directions, supplies, and food since he loved Davids mom

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Johannes

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A prisoner in the camp who served as a role model and a mentor. Johannes taught David how to reed and speak many langues

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Marria

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An Italian girl who was trapped in a burning shed who was saved by David. David expressed love for her and smiled for the first time (Carlo’s brother)

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Carlo

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An Italian boy who beats up David for trespassing thinking Davids a thief. (marria’s brother)

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Calro’s Father

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Let David into his house since David saved his daughter, wealthy, thought David was a bad influence, suspicous of David

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Carlo’s mother (Edith)

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Greatful for David saving Marria, becomes distant from David, going to report David to police, feels sorry for david by newspaper

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Signora

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Painter David meets who paints a picture of him because he is odd, David has deep connection and friendship with her, she helps bring David to his mom

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The Farmer

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Cruel man who inslaves David to do work on farm the hand him to police in spring

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King

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A dog David met and became friends, sacrifices his life for David

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Italian Sailor

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Man who found David hiding in storage offers David a ride them got close to port and threw him over board so he can swim to shore.

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Dally can’t except johnyy’s death because

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Johnny was the only person he loved

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13
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Synonym

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Words that mean the same thing

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antonym

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Words that are opposites of each other

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15
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homophones

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Words that sound the same but don’t mean the same thing

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16
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suffix

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a word added to the end of a root word

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17
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prefix

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a word added to the start of a root word

18
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positive connotation

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words associated with good ex. awesome, pretty

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negative connotation

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words associated with bad ex. boring, ugly

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Idiom

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words not meant to be taken literally

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personification

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a word that uses human traits for a non human thing

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onomatopoeia

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words that sounds like what it’s named

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alliteration

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2 words or more that start with the same letter

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simile

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comparing 2 different words using like or as

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metaphor
comparing 2 different words not using like or as
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denotation
a words literal meaning
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Hyperbole
A word that is over exaggerated
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James is faster than lightning
metaphor
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Amazing Alex is an amazing acrobatist
Alliteration
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It's so hot I'm going to melt
Idiom
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James fell down the stairs BAMM!!!
Onomatopoeia
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Jack is fast like a lightning bolt
simile
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The flowers danced in the wind
personification
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That mountain doesn't end !
Hyperbole
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Ponyboy Curtis
light brown almost red hair gray eyes, poor no parents, youngist child, loves reading and movies and sunsets
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Soda (pop) Curtis
slim, dark greasy hair, handsome, poor no parents, middle child
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Darry Curtis
6'2 muscular, brown hair, poor no parents, works long and hard, doesn't have time for stuff, oldest child
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Steve Randle
thick swirly hair, lean, cocky, smart, good with cars
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Two-Bit Matthews
long rust coloured side burns, grey eyes, positive/supportive, likes to fight and steal
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Dally Winston
in and out of jail cold, tough, and mean long white hair, blue eyes
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Johnny Cade
Big Black eyes black greased hair nevous, scared of getting jumped again, scared of own shadow
42
Vicki's cookies turned out charred and as hard as rocks. _____ Vicki's cookies came out chewy and perfectly baked.
negative then positive denotation