English 9 (Midterm Review)

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where a story takes place

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setting

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events in the story

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plot

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turning point

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climax

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when the author builds tension (that edge of your seat feeling)

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suspense

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comparing two unlike things using like or as

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simile

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comparing two unlike things without using like or as

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metaphor

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includes similes, metaphors, personification, etc. It includes ways of expressing ideas differently that expected; it goes beyond literal

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figurative language

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giving human like qualities to things that are not human

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personification

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another word for problem (conflicts can be major or minor and every story has multiple conflicts going on at a time)

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conflict

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why an author uses a specific word, description or writing style

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author's purpose

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the overall idea of a passage which can be determined after reading the entire piece and asking yourself what is this passage mostly about?

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main idea

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when an author uses specific words to invoke a certain image in the reader's mind (often sensory words that have to do with smelling, tasting, seeing, hearing, touching)

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Imagery

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speaking between two or more characters

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dialogue

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speaker in a short story or narrative text

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narrator

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speaker in a poem

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speaker

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cannot be summed up in one word- is not the MORAL of the story. Instead, it is a series of words that can best get at the heart of a text.

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Theme

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two or three sentences that sum up a paragraph or passage in your own words

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summary

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multiple sentences that sum up a paragraph or passage
(longer that a summary) in your own words

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paraphrase

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copying word for word from text

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quotation or direct quote

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crediting the author within your writing, always follows the C.D.

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internal citation

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the page at the end of your research paper that lists your sources used within the paper

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work cited page

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always the last statement in your introductory paragraph, it lets the reader know the points (s) you plan to make in your paper.

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Thesis statement