English Flashcards

prelim (56 cards)

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facts provided by something or someone

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information

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heading at the top of the article

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headline

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informs the reader of the most important aspects of the story

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lead paragraph

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gives more details and provides more information

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body

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contains less impotant information

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tail

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parts of the headline

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subject verb object

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refers to formal address or discourse

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speech

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tend to educate the audience

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informative talks

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helps the speaker accurate mental pic

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descriptive

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describes how to perform an action

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demonstrative

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explains the state of the topic

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explanatory

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explains a concept or theory regarding a topic

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definition

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a live or virtual discussion

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panel discussion

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provides direct or first hand information

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primary source

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offers an analysis or restatement of primary source

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secondary source

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lists, compiles of indexes primary and secondry information sources

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tertiary source

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refer to non textual elements helps readers understand content of the text

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textual aids

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are visual display of key content information to facilitate ideas

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graphic organizers

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commonly used in comparing and contrasting

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venn diagram

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used to illustrate cause and effect relationships

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cause and effect diagram

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type of organizer that shows specific events in sequence

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timeline

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a visual representation of knowledge

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concept map

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consider text with visuals or graphs

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nonlinear illustrations

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arrangement of information in rows and columns

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displays information in an easy to read pie slice
pie chart
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chart that uses bars to show comparisons between categories and information
bar graph
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tells us what kinds of facts are listed
labels
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tells what the graph is about
title
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shows the facts
bars
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are used to create the scale
grid lines
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shows quantity for a particular category
categories
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dictionary definition literal meaning of word
denotation
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emotional meanings of a word
connotation
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end the story
resolution or denoument
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introduces characters and setting
exposition
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provides solution to the problem
falling action
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excites the story
climax
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introduces problem of the story
rising action
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are stories about gods and goddess and heroes paased from one generation to another
myths
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allows you to take a journey into a exciting mysterious world
myths
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name comes from the origin "amphis" which means 'both ways'
amphisbaena
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knows as hippocentaus and one of the most popular mythological creatures
centaurs
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winged horse in greek mythology
pegasus
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most popular is medusa
gorgons
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born in new york city,lives in briancliff manor,
alice low
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ancient story
myths
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a poet and musicians in greek myth who almost rescue his wife
orpheus
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beloved wife of orpheus
eurydice
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god of the dead and the underworld
hades
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daughter of zeus and demeter who have been abducted by hades to reign with him over the underworld
persephone
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ruler of olympus and all gods and goddess
zeus
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greek goddes of memory and mother of the muses by zeus
mnemosyne
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mother of orpheus greek muse of heroic poetry gave her son great talent in music
calliope
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legendary king of corinth repeat roll a rock
sisyphus
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legendary king of lydia stand to chin in pod of water in the place of hades
tantalus
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three headed dog
cerberus