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24 Cards in this Set
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climax
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The highest point. The point of hisghest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action(as of a play)
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Resolution
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The act or process of reducing to simpler form.
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suspense
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Pleasent excitement as a decision or outcome.
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Foreshadowing
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To represent, indicate, or typify beforehand.
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Motivation
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Something(as need or desire)that causes a person to act.
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similie
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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as(as in cheeks like roses)
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metaphor
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest likeness or analogy between them(as in drowning in money)
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two score
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twenty
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Plot
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The plot of the story is made up of a series of related events that include the conflict the climax, and the resolution.
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Conflict
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There are two kinds of conflicts, external and internal.
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Adjective
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An adjective is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun or to geve a noun or pronoun a more specific menaing.
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Adverb
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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb asnswers the question Where? When?
In What Manner? or To what extent? |
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Action Verb
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An action verb is a verb that tells what action someone or something is performing.
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Linking Verb
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A linking Verb is a verb that connects a word at or near the beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end.
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Preposition
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A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronun that appears with it to another word in the sentence.
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Conjunction
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A conjunction is a word used to conect other words or groups of words.
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Interjection
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An interjection is a word that expresses feeling or emotion and functions and functions independently of a sentence.
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Possesive Pronoun
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A personal pronun that can be used as an adjective answers the question Which one? about a noun that follows
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coordinating conjuctions
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Connect similar kinds of words or similargroups of words.
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correlative conjuction
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connect similar words or groups of words and always appear in pairs.
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compound prepositions
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Prepositions made up of two or three words.(ex. according to, because of, as of, aside from)
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Compound Adjective
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A compound adjective is an adjective that is make up of more than one word.
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compound noun
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A compound noun is a noun that is made up of more than one word
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Compound Verb
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A compound verb is two or more verbs that have the same subject and are joined by a conjunction such as and or or.
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