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20 Cards in this Set
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biography |
the story of a person's life written by someone else. |
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Eleanor Roosevelt by William Jay Jacobs is an example of.... |
a biography |
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brooding (adjective) |
full of worry; troubled |
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Chronological order |
putting events in the order they occurred |
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compassionate (adjective) |
wanting to help those who suffer |
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dominate (verb) |
to have control over |
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external conflict |
the struggle a character must face: person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. supernatural, person vs. society |
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grave |
solemn and dignified |
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hyperbole |
when a writer uses exaggeration |
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What is this: My backpack weighs a ton! |
Hyperbole |
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idiom |
a phrase that has a meaning different from its individual words |
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What does this mean: Don't let that cat out of the bag |
It's an idiom. It means: don't tell the secret |
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impoverished (adjective) |
very poor |
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Internal conflict |
a struggle within a character; think person vs. self---a choice or decision a character must make |
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migrant (adjective) |
moving from place to place |
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onomatopoeia |
words that imitate the sound they represent |
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personification |
giving human qualities to a non-human thing |
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What is this: The sun smiled down at me |
Personfication |
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prominent (adjective) |
well-known; widely recognized |
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wavering (adjective) |
hesitating between two choices |
