English Norah The Supreme Unicorn All Subjects Flashcards Semester One 123456789

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what is the point of finals

Back 1

nobody knows

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narrarator

Back 2

the person telling a story

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character

Back 3

a person, animal, or something else that does stuff in a story

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static character

Back 4

a character that does not change

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dynamic character

Back 5

a character that changes in a story

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protagonist

Back 6

the character a story revolves around

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antagonist

Back 7

person who goes against the peotagonist

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setting

Back 8

time and place a story happens

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plot

Back 9

events in a story (usually in chronological order)

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conflict

Back 10

problem in a story

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internal conflict

Back 11

problem that heppens in a character's head

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external conflict

Back 12

problem between 2 or more characters

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exposition

Back 13

beginning of a story where characters as well as setting are introduced

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rising action

Back 14

part of a story between climax and exposition where the conflict is developed

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climax

Back 15

the high point of a story (usually exciting, but in stories in class, not so much)

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falling action

Back 16

part when the story is winding down and things are being wrapped up after the climax

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resolution

Back 17

end of a story

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symbol

Back 18

an object that stands for or represents something

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mood

Back 19

how the story makes you feel

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inference

Back 20

assuming something about something based on evidence from the story

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hook

Back 21

1st sentence in 1st paragraph (introduction) and last sentence in last paragraph (conclusion)

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thesis statement

Back 22

last sentence in an introduction of an essay.

tells what the essay is going to focus on.

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topic sentence

Back 23

1st sentence in a body paragraph telling the focus of that parageaph

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quote

Back 24

specific thing copied from a text. use in "s and with the text author and title w/ pg#

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MLA format

Back 25

modern language association

-your name

-teacher's name

-subject

-day month, year

-times new roman

-double spaced

-size 12 font

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brainstorming/planning

Back 26

ideas you have for your essay

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introdiction

Back 27

1st paragraph in an essay. introuces topic and the author's opinion if it is argumentative

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body paragraphs

Back 28

paragraphs in an essay with the [juicy] content

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conclusion

Back 29

end part of a story and/or essay. wraps everything up and has a hook at the end

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counter argument

Back 30

argument people with an opposing oppinion could make. [also part of an argumentative essay. paragraph 4]

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pro

Back 31

positive something about a something

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con

Back 32

negative something about a something

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name some kinds of hooks

Back 33

story

question

humor

something relatable

interesting fact/detail

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summary

Back 34

condensed story with only key points

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memior

Back 35

something someone wrote as a memory

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narrative nonfiction

Back 36

nonfiction with a narrarator

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chronological order

Back 37

order in which things happened

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classes of titanic

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1st- luxury and 4 rich people. on top of boat and had highest survival rate

2nd- middle and average. sort of nice and middle classish.

3rd- mostly immigrants and poor people. lowest survival rate

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wireless telegraph

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pretty much a radio

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charles lightoller

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dude on titanic. highest ranking man to survive. jumped off ship and was propelled upwards by a jet of hot air. last one rescued by carpathia.

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molly brown

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wealthy wife of an oil baron. helped others into lifeboats but didn't consider saving herself. was forced into a lifeboat.

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harold bride

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wireless telegraph operator.

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robert daniel

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held onto piece of ice. carpathia didn't see him for 5 hours. helped get room for women and children in lifeboat by threatening to shoot men.

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what happened to the titanic

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so, there was this big boat called the titanic and there were a whole bunch of people in it. the titanic was built in a town called belfast. so anyway, there were going out of the port at southampton and they almost hit this other boat called the new york. then, after a while they saw an iceberg. they hit the iceberg. most of the people died because there were not enough lifeboats. they didnt have enough time to load the lifeboats full. then this nice ship, the carpathia came and saved all the not dead people. they are all dead now. the end.

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author's purpose

Back 45

the purpose of the author, either to persuade, inform, entertain, or express.

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tone

Back 46

the word choice and how it makes the reader feel. (eg. creepy, sad, happy.)

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fact

Back 47

statement that can be proven true or untrue

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opinion

Back 48

something that is not a face (eg. purple is the best color.)

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statistics

Back 49

numerical facts. usually support a point.

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credibility

Back 50

wether a source is reliable and has true facts and is unbiased.

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bias

Back 51

a strong leaning in one dorection or the other. very opinioney.

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central idea

Back 52

main idea of a story. the point a text is trying to make

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argument

Back 53

why something is better than another thing. usually part of an essay, in which case there is backup.

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support

Back 54

backup and reasoning for main claims.

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study roots and affixes on notes

Back 55

applause