Exam 1 Flashcards

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Amiable

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Friendly or sociable person

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Antiquity

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Ancient times

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Antiquity

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Ancient times

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Apprehensive

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Fearful that something bad will happen

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5
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Callous

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Feeling no emotion

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Commendable

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Matting someone’s needs

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7
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Discern

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To detect with eyes

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8
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Elite

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Better than the rest

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9
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Excerpt

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A copied passage from a story

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Fortitude

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A mindset to take on danger with courage

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11
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Insipid

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Lacking qualities that interest or challenge

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12
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Inarticulate

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Incapable of speech under stress

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13
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Notoriety

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The state of being well known

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14
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Paraphrase

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Rewording and shorting something you heard or read

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15
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Prolific

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Causing abundant growth

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Prophetic

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Relating to something predictable

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Succumb

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To give into something

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Visage

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The appearance of a person or animal

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Visage

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The appearance of a person or animal

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Whimsical

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Painfully quaint in an appealing way

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Whimsical

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Painfully quaint in an appealing way

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Zealous

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Showing great energy or enthusiasm

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Common noun

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Person place or thing

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Proper noun

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The name of a person place or organization

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Proper noun
The name of a person place or organization
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Concrete noun
Refers to a person or place prrceived with five sense
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Abstract noun
Idea, quality, state, or feeling
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Compound noun
Made up of two or more words
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Pronoun
Used insetead of noun “The apple is red” “It is red”
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Adjectives
Motifys or describes a noun
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Story elements
Characters, theme, antagonist, protagonist, climax, setting, theme, plot, conflict, rising and falling action, resolution, tone, exposition
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Authors purpose
His reason for writing. (If the purpose is to entertain, then there will be jokes)