RW Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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freytag’s pyramid

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exposition-rising action-climax-falling action- resolution

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2
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The storyteller sets the scene and the character’s background.

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Exposition

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3
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The story builds. There is often a complication, which means the problem the character tried to solve gets more complex.

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Rising Action

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4
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the story reaches the point of greatest tension between the protagonist and antagonist (or if there is only one main character, the darkness or lightness of that character appears to take control).

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Falling Action

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5
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the character solve the conflict or problem

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Resolution:

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6
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a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.

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climax

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7
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telling a complete story in a sequence

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narrator

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8
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time,place

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setting

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9
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a person or other being in a narrative.

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character

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10
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is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.

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plot

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11
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the main character of a story

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protagonist

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12
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a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist.

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antagonist

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character’s personality doesn’t change over the course of the narrative.

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static/flat character

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14
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a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.

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dynamic character

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15
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one that lacks complexity in several facets

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round character

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16
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ambiguous protagonists—complex characters who have a dark side.

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anti hero character

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17
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someone who contrasts with another character – usually the main character – to highlight their qualities.

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foil character

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18
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one pattern of paragraph development that paints
pictures with words and brings the action or scenes to the reader.

19
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the focus of topic sentence that occur commonly at the
beginning of a descriptive paragraph. It helps the reader in understanding the
text for it sets the scene.

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dominant
impression

20
Q

It also persuades the readers to continue reading. The supporting details to
the central dominant impression are the senses of sights, smells, sounds,
textures, and feelings

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sensory impressions.

21
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phrase that has an implied meaning and should not be taken at face value

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figures of speech

22
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a comparison of two things
through the use of “like” or “as”.

23
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a direct comparison of two
things.

24
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the use of human characteristics to describe
animals, things, or ideas.

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Personification

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based upon a concise, logical pattern that includes as much information as it can within a minimum amount of space.
Formal definition
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is one or more paragraphs that attempt to explain a complex term.
Extended definition
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is partial or incomplete definition. It does not define a term in its complete sense as it is based on the writer’s experience.
informal definition.
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an ordered set of related categories used to group data according to its similarities
classification.
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he ability to understand another person's thoughts and feelings in a situation from their point of view, rather than your own.
EMPATHY
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means giving examples. It is simply proving or supporting your point or thesis with examples.
Exemplification
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in writing discusses elements that are similar,
Comparison
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in writing discusses elements that are different.
contrast
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pattern organizes ideas into problems and proposed solutions.
problem-solution
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of development organizes ideas to show how a set of evidence leads to a logical conclusion or argument.
Persuasion
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plays a vital role in relaying messages to our audience and recipients.
Communication
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the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together
Cohesion
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ogical connection or consistency
coherence
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is language that unnecessarily identifies gender.
Sexist language
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Information or statement directly stated in the text
explicit
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information or statement indirectly stated in the text is
implicit
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is the writer’s point or position regarding a specific topic.
claim
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defined as the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text and form the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated.
context
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defined as the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text and form the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated.
context
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The networking function of new media that allows a large quantity of information to freely move around within a series of interconnected nodes in the network.
hypertextuality